Fire destroys over 900 vehicles in Montenegro

An unidentified person inadvertently triggered a large fire which later spread to a police parking lot in Montenegro, destroying 765 cars and 142 motorcycles, local police said on Friday. Police investigators have established that the fire began in an open field and the wind picked up. The person who started the fire has been called "imprudent and irresponsible." The ill-fated parking lot was used to keep confiscated and towed vehicles by police, the country's customs services and criminal investigators. More than 1,000 vehicles were in the lot when the fire began. Apart from the destroyed vehicles, the fire damaged another 48 cars and almost another 150 motorcycles. The total amount of loss is being established.