Mirijevo fire: four cars burn outside residential building
Vehicles belonging to a car rental agency burned on Jovanke Radakovic Street, and the flames damaged the facade of a residential building. No one was hurt, and police are checking camera footage.
Police in Mirijevo are checking whether a fire that destroyed four parked cars overnight between Friday and Saturday was set deliberately. The blaze broke out around 3 a.m. on Jovanke Radakovic Street in Zvezdara and damaged the facade of a nearby residential building. Residents were evacuated, and no one was injured.
What happened on Jovanke Radakovic Street?
The fire started overnight between Friday and Saturday, October 10, 2026, in Mirijevo, in the Zvezdara municipality. Four cars burned. According to unofficial information, the vehicles belong to a car rental agency owned by M. M. (24).
The cars were parked in front of a residential building, so the flames reached its facade as well. Photographs from the scene show soot stretching almost to the attic, with damage visible on the lower floors too. The cost of the damage has not been released.
How did the firefighting go?
Residents of nearby buildings were woken by loud bangs. Through their windows they saw flames and thick smoke. Because the fire was climbing the facade, residents of the building in front of which the vehicles were parked were evacuated to safety.
Nineteen firefighters from the Zvezdara Firefighting and Rescue Unit arrived with five fire trucks. The fire was contained around 3:30 a.m., about half an hour after it started, according to available information.
One resident, who has not been named, described those moments:
“A terrible crash woke me up, I thought it was a bomb. When I looked out the window, everything was already in flames. The fire was so high that it reached the first floor of the building, and we all ran outside.”
His account refers to the moment he looked out the window. Based on the photographs from the scene, the soot on the facade reaches higher than the first floor, almost to the attic.
Was the fire set deliberately?
Police carried out an on-site investigation in the presence of the duty prosecutor. According to initial information, the fire is suspected to have been set on purpose, although some reports use more cautious wording, saying it was “possibly” arson. The circumstances in which the cars burned will be established by the authorities as the investigation continues.
Footage from surveillance cameras on nearby buildings is being collected. Investigators are checking whether an unknown person approached the vehicles and doused them with a flammable liquid. Police are searching for the perpetrators, and no suspect has been identified so far. While the investigation is under way, no one’s guilt can be discussed.
What is known and what is not
Confirmed so far, or reported by several outlets:
- the fire broke out around 3 a.m. and was contained around 3:30 a.m.
- four cars burned, and according to unofficial information they belong to a car rental agency
- 19 firefighters with five trucks fought the blaze
- the facade of a nearby residential building was damaged, and residents were evacuated
- no one was injured
The open questions are:
- how exactly the fire started and whether it was set deliberately
- who could be responsible, since no suspect has been identified
- how much damage was done to the vehicles and the building
The camera footage is only now being collected, so it is too early to talk about a perpetrator. What is known for now is that the vehicles burned in front of a residential building, that the flames reached its facade, and that none of the residents was hurt.
