DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Decatur firefighters responded to a car engulfed in flames on the north side of the city Friday evening.

According to the Decatur Police Department, it happened just before 7:30 p.m. next to the closed County Market on Pershing Road.

Police said nobody was inside the car, and it posed no risk to the building.

DPD added that the fire may be arson-related.

The fire inspector will investigate.

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