The Miami Police is searching for the person responsible for an intentional fire that destroyed five cars outside a residential building.
One of the cars is a Mercedes-Benz SUV that its owner, a single mother, had bought just two months ago.
The woman, named Nancy Echavarría, has been living in the property located in the area of 76th Street Northwest and North Miami Avenue for five years.
The theft occurred on Wednesday in the early hours. According to América TeVe, the city's firefighters responded to the emergency call around 4:40 am.
Although they extinguished the fire quickly, four vehicles were completely destroyed and another one suffered damages. The most affected was the Mercedes Benz.
"I don't understand why they want to do something like this, I am a single mother, I have two children, now I am also without a car, I don't know who could have done this, because they have no heart at all," said Nancy.
"I was asleep and didn't hear anything, it was my child who told me. I don't understand that. Working hard to have a nice car, I was going to give that car to my child who was going to graduate," she added.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the fire.
Mike Vega, spokesperson for the Miami Police, confirmed that it is an intentional act.
The detectives are trying to obtain surveillance camera footage and talking to the neighbors to see if anyone has any information. So far, there are no leads.
"We know that the owners of the vehicles are now affected, and we are trying to determine whether it was a person intentionally setting fire to all the vehicles, or if it was intentional towards one vehicle and the fire spread to other vehicles parked nearby," Vega stated.
Authorities ask anyone who may have seen someone fleeing the area around the time of the fire to contact authorities through the Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers hotline at (305) 471-8477.
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