Lawrence Co. Cars Being Fire Bombed

New Castle (KDKA) - Auto owners in Lawrence County have reason to be on edge.

Some people are firebombing cars and - in some cases - using Molotov cocktails.

Police are searching for a connection between the crimes.

The results are the same - damaged automobiles.

New Castle Schaefer Automotive Services has been in business for 50 years. Recently, police were called to the business because a car was said to have been burned on the property.

One victim told KDKA's Ross Guidotti that his vehicle suffered superficial damage, but that he and his cars are in hiding.

He also said that if the firebomb would have hit the car in the right spot, this could have been a catastrophe.

They used a Molotov cocktail - a bottle of vodka with kerosene or gasoline in it with a rag sticking out of the end.

New Castle investigators continue to look at the fires.

There is no word on any suspects.

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