'Suspicious' Fire Destroys Two Mass. Police Cruisers

Police in Dracut are investigating a “suspicious” fire that destroyed two police cruisers in the department’s parking lot on Wednesday night.

At about 9 p.m. on Wednesday, officers were responding to multiple calls when a shift supervisor received another call about a fire in the parking lot behind the police station, authorities said.

Police said they found one marked cruiser fully engulfed in flames, which firefighters from Dracut quickly extinguished. A cruiser parked beside the on-fire cruiser also sustained significant damage. Both vehicles were totaled, police said.

Police located a woman, who they say is a person of interest, in the vestibule of the station after the fire was put out. She was taken to a local hospital to undergo an evaluation.

No injuries were reported in the incident. This incident remains under active investigation, police said.

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