{"id":795088,"date":"2026-07-12T07:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T07:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795088\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T07:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T07:56:13","slug":"arson-squad-investigating-after-suspicious-fire-in-alexander-heights-destroys-car-damages-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/795088\/","title":{"rendered":"Arson squad investigating after suspicious fire in Alexander Heights destroys car, damages home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Police are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a car and caused about $20,000 worth of damage to a home in Alexander Heights on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">About 11.55pm, emergency services were called out to the residence on Northumberland Avenue after a white Toyota Corolla parked in the driveway caught fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Police said the fire spread from the vehicle to the roof of the house.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Firefighters attended and extinguished the fire before significant damage was caused to the home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Toyota Corolla was destroyed in the blaze, and a second vehicle parked nearby sustained minor damage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6f34ad25d08a0e047b33f937c7a1699b4b7010bb.jpg\" alt=\"The Toyota Corolla was destroyed.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconThe Toyota Corolla was destroyed. Credit: WA Police<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Police estimate the fire caused about $20,000 worth of damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Arson squad detectives are seeking the public\u2019s assistance to identify a person who was seen in the area around the time of the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Home security footage captureed the person, who was wearing a hoodie and carrying a backpack, lurking around the driveway of the property before the fire started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The person was last seen on Greenpark Road, walking towards Alexander Drive.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/836632c8ce1f0c3c92723288b4478f7927cc1fe2.jpg\" alt=\"Police want to speak to the individual seen in the CCTV footage.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconPolice want to speak to the individual seen in the CCTV footage. Credit: WA Police<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Detectives are still investigating the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Police have asked anyone with information, or who has CCTV, dash-cam or mobile phone vision from the area, to contact Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestopperswa.com.au or by calling 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Rewards of up to $25,000 may be available for information that leads to the identification and conviction of an arsonist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a car and caused about $20,000 worth of damage to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":795089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,48,44,46,45],"class_list":["post-795088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-crime","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=795088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/795089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=795088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}