Stolen car from East Dublin found on fire in Dublin

A vehicle that was stolen from East Dublin was found on fire near the city of Dublin’s water plant early Tuesday morning. 

Employees at the water plant, which is right next to ‘Cross the Creek Cemetery, 106 Parker Dairy Road, could see flames and heard what they thought were explosions around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 19, said Dublin Fire Chief Matthew Cutler. 

“Not knowing exactly what it was, 911 dispatched us for a possible structure fire that could be seen from the water plant,” Cutler said.

Dublin Police officers responded quickly and notified them that it was a car fire.

“All of the doors and the trunk were opened and no one was around the vehicle,” Cutler said. “We got the fire put out. Thankfully, we have had some rain or we would have had a wildfire because (the car) was parked on the grass and not on the paved surface. There were some houses very close to where this happened. Some of the first 911 call was potential shots fired. That was most likely the tires exploding and other parts from the car. It was more likely results from the fire that they heard.”

There was nobody found in the car.

“That is always a concern,” Cutler said. “We began investigating. At some point during the investigation, East Dublin Police received a report that a vehicle had been stolen.” 

East Dublin Police Chief Bill Luecke confirmed that a woman’s vehicle was stolen a few hours before the report of it being on fire. Cutler said all of the paint was burned off, but they found one place on it to help them established that it was a light-colored car.

“Police were able to get with the ones who reported it was stolen in East Dublin and found out that we had found their stolen vehicle,” Cutler said. “We do not know who stole the vehicle.” 

Anyone with information about who stole the vehicle or anything to do with the fire, is asked to call the Dublin Fire Department at (478) 277-5032 or the Dublin Police Department at (478) 277-5023. People can also call the East Dublin Police Department at (478) 272-6883.