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Vehicle fire off Nansemond Parkway being investigated as arson

When firefighters arrived at the scene around 4 a.m., they found a vehicle that was engulfed in flames in a field about a fourth-mile off the road.
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SUFFOLK, Va. — Suffolk's fire marshal is investigating a vehicle fire early Friday morning as an arson.

Just before 4 a.m., crews with the City of Suffolk Department of Fire & Rescue were called to a report of a brush fire in the 4700 block of Nansemond Parkway.

When firefighters arrived, they found a vehicle that was engulfed in flames in a field about a fourth-mile off the road, according to Master Firefigher Katie Russell.

Crews were able to extinguish the fire without anyone being injured.

Russell said the on-duty fire marshal was called out and declared the fire to have been an arson.

No suspects have been named. The fire remains under investigation.

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