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Source: The Stamford Advocate, Conn.self storageAug. 28--STRATFORD -- It looks like a bomb exploded in Rick Torres' campaign bus."There's got to be an accelerant in there," the Bridgeport City Council candidate, sometime Republican mayoral nominee and owner of the popular Harborview Market, said Wednesday afternoon as he surveyed the burnt out wreck.The interior wooden seats of the GMC Eleganza, a small 1973 motor home Torres purchased and outfitted for his second mayoral bid in 2011 and hoped to use for this year's council run, resemble logs after a campfire."It melted the chassis," Torres said.The vehicle has been stored, uninsured, in a vacant lot off of Frog Pond Lane in Stratford owned by a friend. The fire occurred late Tuesday, and Torres was waiting Wednesday for a call from Stratford fire officials with more details.Torres, who last checked on the bus three months ago, was planning on cleaning the vehicle up to use later this year in the final days of his council campaign. And eventually for some long road trips.Six truck trailers, two cars, a boat and other debris are also scattered about the lot. And although there are signs of vandalism, none of the others were burnedThat makes Torres -- who said he has been the victim of intimidation tactics during his 2003 run against then-Mayor John Fabrizi -- susp迷你倉cious. During that campaign he said his brake line was cut, the lug nuts on his wife's car wheels loosened, and bricks were thrown through his market's windows."Regrettably a lot of people involved in Democratic politics in Bridgeport -- some of them are very bad people," Torres said.As word spread on social media Wednesday morning about the fire, Torres said he received phone calls from his two opponents -- incumbent Councilwoman Susan Brannelly, D-130 and Councilman Steven Stafstrom, D-130."I think they're honorable people," Torres said. "There's just too many knuckleheads on that side, feeding off the city for decades."Stafstrom said he and Brannelly hope whoever caused the fire is caught and prosecuted."Whether it's vandalism or something more intentional and whether it's politically motivated I don't know," Stafstrom said. "This shouldn't happen to any of our residents."But Torres also acknowledged that perhaps the bus was too good a target to pass up for random vandals who saw his picture and name plastered on the sides."Maybe it's just it had a face on the side," he said.brian.lockhart@scni.com; 203-414-0712; twitter.com/blockhart1Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Advocate (Stamford, Conn.) Visit The Advocate (Stamford, Conn.) at .stamfordadvocate.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉