Another stolen car has been torched on the Border as hundreds of firefighters tackle huge blazes in the Upper Murray and southern NSW.
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A stolen Mitsubishi Pajero was dumped near grass on the side of Sheaters Road in Wodonga early Monday morning.
Firefighters were called to the scene, near the intersection of Goynes Road, about 1.15am.
The blaze, located near a go-kart track, was well alight when fire crews arrived.
They extinguished the blaze but the vehicle and its contents were extensively damaged.
A small amount of brown grass was also burnt, but didn't spread far into nearby paddocks.
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The incident took place before rainfall in the region, with the grass and its surroundings dry.
It followed a similar incident in Lavington about 24 hours earlier.
Rebekah Hodkinson fled her Tallangatta South home amid a growing bushfire threat.
She had parked her car outside a Privett Place home, and the vehicle was torched at Pioneer Park off Urana Road about 5.20am on Sunday.
Anyone with information about either incident can contact Wodonga and Albury police stations.
