The State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a suspicious fire that heavily damaged a pickup truck in the 900 block of South Locust Street in Centralia early Saturday morning.
The fire had engulfed the pickup’s engine compartment when Centralia firefighters arrived. They knocked down the fire before it burned the rest of the vehicle.
Centralia Police and Fire were told by witnesses that they saw a man carrying a gas can who reportedly had thrown gas onto the vehicle just before the fire started.
The fire was reported at 12:26 Saturday morning.
