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Mechanical problem sets police cruiser ablaze

By Joseph Terry Originally Published: 08/04/08 6:02pm Modified: 08/04/08 11:19pm 3 comments

A police cruiser caught fire shortly before 9 a.m. on Monday in front of the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave. in Lansing, where Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was set to make a speech.

The fire was caused by a mechanical problem after the vehicle was parked, said Lansing police Lt. David Nosotti. No one was in the car and no one was injured. Rifle rounds in the vehicle discharged due to the high heat but because they weren’t in the barrel they did not project the bullets.

“I liken it to a big firecracker,” Nosotti said.


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carl
(08/04/08 8:23pm)
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The police are not reporting it accurately, I was there and watched the incompetent police driving the smoking car. It was never ‘parked’ except when they ran from the smoking car. There is better documentation here:

http://fiendfolio.blogspot.com/2008/08/burn-baby-burn.html


carl
(08/04/08 8:25pm)
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Chris
(08/04/08 10:10pm)
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The Lansing Police are retarded.