Perth Voice Interactive

THE sound of her car bursting into flames awakened Susannah Connor 1.30am Monday.

The Highgate woman rushed outside her Harley Street home to see her Volvo 950 burning beyond repair and her neighbour’s car also on fire.

“It’s verge collection time and it looks like someone set a mattress alight and the flames spread to my neighbour’s car and mine,” Ms Connor told the Voice.  She says the fire brigade was seen extinguishing another burning mattress in nearby Cavendish Street, and it had also been in Mary Street some time during the morning.

Neighbour Bob Roberts says a verge tree was also badly scorched in the blaze.

“Susannah’s house backs onto a laneway, so they probably wandered through there,” he reckons. “I used to stay on Mary Street and there was a fire on a vacant block around four years ago. There’s been a few break-ins in the area, but not many fire bugs.”

A WA police spokesperson says they’re “aware of the incident” and have conducted patrols, but ”need assistance from the public in relation to anyone or saw anything around that time”.

Contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

by STEPHEN POLLOCK