DASSEL TOWNSHIP (WJON News) -- Meeker County authorities are investigating an arson that destroyed a vehicle and damaged an attached garage.

The sheriff's office got a call at 3:50 a.m. Monday on a report of a vehicle fire. Officers and fire crews responded to the 72900 block of 240th Street in Dassel Township and saw a vehicle in a driveway that was engulfed.

Deputies quickly discovered that the fire was a result of arson.

The flames were put out, but not before destroying the vehicle and damaging an attached garage.

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The Minnesota Fire Marshal's Office was called in to help investigate and detectives are reviewing surveillance video in an effort to identify a suspect.

 

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