Police: Car fire was suspicious
SCRANTON - City police are investigating a suspicious car fire that heavily damaged a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Friday.
At 4:30 a.m., a neighbor was awakened by an explosion from the 600 block of Barrett Court, then saw flames coming from the car, Capt. Glen Thomas said.
The car belonged to Roger Jonel Hernandez Benitez. The fire slightly damaged two garage doors before it was extinguished. Mr. Benitez told police he had parked the car at 11:15 p.m. Thursday and had no idea it had caught fire until police contacted him at 7 a.m.
The fire appeared to have been intentionally set, and an investigation will be conducted by the city fire marshal, police said.