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SFPD investigates cop car arson on Market Street

Authorities are investigating an incident in which a San Francisco police car was set on fire outside the Westfield San Francisco Centre on Tuesday afternoon.

No one was injured in the blaze, which damaged a police car on Market Street, San Francisco police spokesperson Officer Grace Gatpandan said.

The fire, which drew San Francisco Police Department and San Francisco Fire Department forces, has since been put out. Police are searching for the suspect involved.

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