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The video likely performed well due to its local news angle, featuring a dramatic crime with clear visuals of the aftermath and surveillance footage of the suspects, coupled with a direct appeal for public assistance.

Summary

Two vehicles were destroyed in a suspected Molotov cocktail arson in Elkton, Maryland, just after midnight. Investigators are seeking the public's help to identify two suspects seen fleeing the scene on surveillance footage, and are concerned about the vulnerability of other residents' vehicles.

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A fire outside a house on St. Pats Circle in Elkton just after midnight destroyed two vehicles. “It was a loud ‘boom’ is what we were told, so that is very consistent with possibly a Molotov cocktail,” said Master Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire, who added a couple with a young child live inside the home. “They have no idea what could have possibly or who possibly could have started this fire. They have no bad blood. They have no animosity between anyone. There’s been no encounters between anyone, so this is truly a case of we just don’t know who did it.” What investigators do have is surveillance video from a neighbor’s Ring camera showing two people running away after the blast.