Arson Suspected in Dubuque, Iowa, Vehicle Fires

Dubuque, Iowa, police and fire department officials say they are investigating two vehicle fires as arson.

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reportsthat the fires were reported before dawn on Oct. 23 in a parking lot.

Dubuque Fire Marshal Mark Burkle says one vehicle was fully engulfed when fire crews arrived. He says as crews extinguished that blaze, firefighters noticed a second vehicle in the lot had smoke coming from it and found its back seat on fire.

Burkle says investigators have sent samples from the vehicles to a crime lab in Ames.