Car Fires: All Honda CR-Vs
PORTLAND - Arson is blamed for a rash of car fires early Tuesday in southeast Portland.

"Very unusual for somebody to target a specific make and model of car," Lt. Allen Oswalt of Portland Fire and Rescue told KOIN News 6.
On Southeast 75th Avenue, neighbors heard and saw the fire and called the sleeping homeowners.
Patrick Howitt looked outside and saw flames consuming his sport utility vehicle. It was parked in the driveway, and fire spread to the house. Firefighters were able to stop the flames before major damage was done to the home.

Officials say the gas cap doors were open on all the SUVs.
"There's fuel in there. That's fuel for the fire, fuel for the car -- it works both ways," Oswalt said.
The fires remain under investigation.
5/22/2007
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