Vehicle Arson

Sunshine Coast

2022-05-26 15:33 PDT

File # 2022-3449

On May 23rd at 01:50 am RCMP and Gibsons Fire Department responded to a report of a vehicle on fire in the 600 block of Industrial Way in Gibsons.

Video surveillance in the area captured someone riding up to the vehicle on what appears to be an electric scooter.  The suspect then lights an accelerant and throws it into the SUV.  The vehicle was a 2019 Volkswagen Atlas.  The suspect may have suffered burns to their face and/or hands.

If anyone has any information that can assist police in this investigation please call Sunshine Coast RCMP at 604-885-2266 or email SCRCMPinfo@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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Video surveillance in the area captured someone riding up to the vehicle on what appears to be an electric scooter. The suspect then lights an accelerant and throws it into the SUV.

 

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