TWO car fires lit on the Border have been labelled “senseless” by police.
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A 1998 Toyota sedan was torched at Plunketts Road in Barnawartha sometime between 7pm and 9.30pm on Saturday night.
Wodonga detectives are working to determine if there are any links between the vehicle and other crimes at the weekend.
The car had not been reported stolen.
Firefighters from Albury and Wodonga also responded to a blaze under the Hume Highway in the early hours of Monday morning.
A Ford Falcon which appeared to have been dumped several weeks ago was set alight.
The vehicle was on a dirt track on Gateway Island off the Lincoln Causeway and had been torched about 12.30am.
Firefighters responded a short time later and extinguished the flames.
Both vehicles were destroyed.
The Ford had an LPG tank which did not rupture despite the heat.
Detective Leading Senior Constable Ian Deverell said police were still making enquiries and investigating both incidents.
“It’s a senseless crime that these people are doing,” he said.
“We’re appealing for anyone who may have been near Plunketts Road on Saturday night between 7pm and 9.30pm to contact us.”
It capped off a busy weekend for firefighters, police and the SES.
Sunday's wet and wild weather led to several call outs for fallen trees that had to be cleared.
Emergency services also attended a three-vehicle car crash on Melrose Drive in Wodonga about 5.30pm.
Firefighter David Brown said several people had to be treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital.
Wangaratta and Wodonga firefighters were also dispatched to a high angle rescue south of Harrietville.
A car had slid off the Great Alpine Road and there were fears the occupants would have to be rescued.
But the crews were turned back when the occupants were able to free themselves from the car and walk back up to the road.
Emergency services including firefighters, police, paramedics and the SES were also called out to help after a child aged about two got his finger jammed in a cupboard door at a Wodonga home.
The boy had been able to get his finger into a gap in the door but had been unable to remove it.
Mr Brown said specialist tools had been needed to rescue the boy.
“He was in a bit of pain,” he said. "They used forcible equipment – a tool known as a rabbit tool – in the door jam to spread it apart.”
