A Colorado man said he’s wondering how he’s going to move forward after a firework set his car on fire on the Fourth of July.
Isaiah Luna, from Pueblo, said his neighbors were setting off fireworks while he was inside his home. He said he saw an orange glare like a campfire, and that’s when he realized it was his car.The bush near Luna’s car was on fire, and so was his car. He ran to wake up his roommate.
“He was yelling my name, he’s like, ‘Keanu, wake up, there’s a fire,’ and I thought he was messing with me at first, right?” Luna’s roommate Keanu Nieto said. “So, I went outside and there are ashes, it looks like it’s raining ashes everywhere you turn.” Pueblo police said they believe it was a bottle rocket, a firework that’s illegal in the city because it flies in the air. Luna said he relies on his car to take him to and from his two jobs when he is not at home working on his music. He said he was still working to pay the car off.
“It was definitely a tragic loss because, like, people have lives, and you’re just making someone’s life change all around just by one little situation,” Luna said.GoFundMe to help pay for the costs the fire left behind“I feel for them. They don’t deserve this, nobody really deserves that,” Nieto said. “It’s a freak accident.”
Police said they have referred charges of criminal mischief against the suspect, whose name has not yet been released.
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