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Your car could fall victim to gas thieves. Gas siphoning has always been a problem. Now with the economy on the rocks, some are turning to this crime.

With high fuel prices, gasoline thieves are hitting unattended vehicles. Trucks and rental lots are especially vulnerable. In Cathedral City, siphoning is blamed for an explosion and fire. The high price of gasoline and a rocky economy may be behind increased incidents of gas siphoning at Inland Empire homes and businesses, authorities said Wednesday.

Gas siphoning is suspected in an explosion that destroyed three U-Haul trucks early Tuesday, a fire official said. “We don't know if it was carelessness, or someone was smoking, or it was intentional,” said Cathedral City Fire Department Capt. Eric Hauser. The explosion happened about 12:45 a.m. in a fenced lot at U-Haul Co., 68-075 Ramon Road, near Landau Boulevard.

Three U-Haul trucks were destroyed by fire inside a gated storage area near Ramon Road and Landau Boulevard early this morning, possibly after someone tried to siphon gas.