An SUV parked outside the Kohl’s store, 2150 Michigan Ave., in Arnold was damaged when its engine caught fire. No one was inside the Mazda SUV when the fire started and no one was injured, the Rock Community Fire Protection District reported.
Rock Fire got a call at 2:38 p.m. Jan. 7 about the fire, and at 2:42 p.m., when firefighters arrived at the store, flames were shooting out of the front passenger-side of the SUV, the report said.
Firefighters extinguished the fire at 2:46 p.m. and cleared the scene at 3:12 p.m. No other vehicles parked outside the store were damaged, according to the report.
The fire was ruled accidental, but it is not known what caused it, spokeswoman Alyson Barton said.
She said Arnold Police assisted with the call.