Another car has been dumped and burnt out overnight, with a senior firefighter stressing the seriousness of arson potentially causing bushfires.
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Ballarat's firefighters responded to calls of a car fire on Frenchman's Lane, Magpie at around 1.20am on Wednesday morning.
The owner of the burnt out blue 2004 Mazda 3, Mell, told The Courier that she was angry and disappointed that her car had been brazenly stolen and now destroyed.
She said the car was taken from the driveway of her Sebastopol home on Sunday night, sometime after 10pm.
Mell said the Mazda was insured, but the arson would make life more difficult for her young family.
Ballarat Police Inspector Dan Davison said police were proactive with patrolling for car fires, and the ongoing issue was often "linked to aggravated burglaries".
"It's the lowest of the low offending, a car is a valuable commodity for the home and losing it can render some families unable to get around, get to school, it's a huge impost on the victims," he said.
"We are considering all the options to get to the bottom of it.
"It's been an ongoing issue over time and a lot are linked to aggravated burglaries, so its important to not leave keys lying around where thieves can get at them."
Ballarat Fire Station senior officer Steve Poulter said the car was quickly extinguished in the early hours of the morning, but "burnt a little bit of grass around the car".
He said despite the cooler weather, there was still plenty of potential tinder on the ground which could cause a much larger fire.
"It's still very dry out there," Poulter said. "It could be more serious next time."
The police arson squad are now investigating the car dumped in Magpie. It is not known whether the car fire is linked to a spate of arson of cars which is plaguing Soldiers Hill.
The sedan was burnt out less than 50 metres from another car, which had crashed and sparked a plantation fire across Mount Clear on Sunday.
The March 24 crash was a lucky escape for three teens, who crashed and ignited a grassfire which lit nearby trees after a petrol tank was punctured.
The fire on Sunday started at about 1.30pm and ten CFA units and a helicopter brought the fire under control within an hour.