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Two Cars Set on Fire in Hamburg-Billstedt as Police Detain Suspect

Police say any connection to earlier Cottaweg fires remains unconfirmed.

Overview

  • Fire crews tackled two burning vehicles on Cottaweg overnight Friday in the Billstedt district.
  • The blaze was extinguished in a little over an hour, according to police and fire officials.
  • Cottaweg was closed to traffic from 12:42 a.m. to 1:45 a.m. during the response.
  • Officers arrested a 34-year-old man with no fixed address near the scene, and police reported he was heavily intoxicated.
  • Investigators are looking into possible links to earlier nighttime fires on the same street, where two cars and nearby paper containers burned this week.