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Stolen truck found ablaze in Atchison park

By Brian Hagen

10/17/2024

Credit: Atchison Police Dept.

(KAIR)--A stolen pickup truck is found ablaze in Atchison's Jackson Park, with the Atchison Fire Department called to that location early Thursday morning.

Atchison Fire Chief Patrick Weishaar says the report of the fire was made around 5:15 in the morning, adding, in a release, that arriving firefighters found the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado completely engulfed in flames.

According to Weishaar, the firefighters "were able to extinguish the fire but not before the vehicle had been severely damaged due to the amount of time that had lapsed before the fire was discovered."

No one was found in, or near, the fire-ravaged vehicle, nor were any firefighters, or Atchison Police Officers, injured as the fire was battled in the park, located at 1500 South 6th Street.

The cause of the fire is not immediately determined, but Weishaar says "it's probable the fire was arson.'

While the Fire Department investigators probe the scene, Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson says his department is also working with Weston Police as part of the ongoing investigation, due to the truck having been reported stolen from that Missouri city a short time prior to the discovery of the fire.

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