(Thanks to www.motorists.org for the link).

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/fire-safety/speed-camera-torched-in-gaithe.html

Speed camera torched in Gaithersburg
There is burning through a red light and then there is burning the speed camera.

The Montgomery County Fire Marshal is investigating the intentional burning of a county speed camera at about 2:30 a.m. Monday on Quince Orchard Road and McDonald Chapel Drive in Gaithersburg. The box -- about one-third of the way up the light pole -- housing the electronics for the camera was in flames when firefighters arrived and they quickly extinguished the fire, said Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham.

The early investigation shows the fire was deliberately set and disabled the camera, Graham said.

So no chance the suspect was caught on tape before the flameout?

"No ma'am." said Graham. "Based on the mechanics of how the camera operates, unless the suspect was running past at 35 miles an hour with a burning match, the camera wouldn't have gotten it."

--Mary Pat Flaherty

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