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Stolen car torched on Tremont Road

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A car stolen in Hammond was torched and abandoned early this morning on Tremont Road, the Chesterton Fire Department said.

Lt. Brandon Smith told the Chesterton Tribune today that the CFD was dispatched at 2:55 a.m., after a passer-by observed the burning car--a 2013 Chrysler 300--on Tremont Road just south of U.S. Highway 20.

“It was fully involved,” Smith said. “Pretty much all gone when we got there. It had been burning awhile before anyone noticed it.”

Firefighters used an entire tank’s worth of water, 750 gallons, and a couple of gallons of foam for good measure to extinguish the blaze.

Porter Police, also responding to the scene, said that the vehicle was facing north and had been backed into position on the side of the road. Both driver’s side doors had been left open.

Police subsequently determined that the vehicle had been stolen from a Hammond resident who was unaware of the theft until advised by the Lake County Sheriff’s Police said.

The CFD cleared the scene at 3:39 a.m.

 

 

Posted 9/9/2016

 
 
 
 

 

 

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