Seattle cop car set on fire with officer inside, man arrested

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A man set a Seattle police vehicle ablaze in an alley Thursday while an officer was inside, authorities said.

The officer was in a neighborhood near the downtown area when they were alerted around 1:30 p.m. by someone concerned about a man holding what appeared to be a "torch," Seattle police Sgt. Randy Huserik told Fox News. 

A man was found with a flaming piece of lumber believed to be two-by-two feet, which he threw inside the vehicle while the officer was insidepolice said..

A man allegedly threw a flaming piece of lumber into a Seattle police vehicle Thursday, injuring one officer. (Seattle Police Department )

"As officers went up to contact him, he was somehow able to get the torch into a sensitive area of the patrol car that it caught fire," Huserick said. 

Responding officers chased the man into a parking garage where they used a Taser to subdue him. One officer is believed to have opened fire but the suspect wasn't hit, the Seattle Police Department said. 

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As the man was being arrested, the flames from the burning lumber engulfed the entire police vehicle. The officer inside was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening burns. 

Authorities searched nearby buildings to ensure no one else was injured.