Firework suspected in Auburn police car fire
Jul 5, 2012, 5:14 PM | Updated: 6:15 pm
An unmarked police car went up in flames on the 4th of July as Auburn Police were shutting down an area on the Muckleshoot reservation.
Auburn Police Commander Mike Hirman said he suspects the car must have run over a lit firework.
“Somebody saw that the trunk was on fire and so the assumption that we could make was that it sat on top of something that was still smoldering and caught something under the car,” said Hirman.
When the flames were put out, the car was totaled but nobody was hurt.
