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A 31-year-old Saskatoon man is facing charges after police say he refused to stop for them, set his vehicle on fire and kept on driving.
At about 9 p.m. on Wednesday, patrol officers saw a Ford Freestar in the 100 block of Witney Avenue.
Police say it was believed the man was wanted on outstanding warrants.
When officers tried to conduct a traffic stop, the man kept driving to get away from them.
The van made its way west on 22nd Street, driving erratically before hitting a Corman Park police vehicle.
The van then turned around and began travelling back into the city, at one point driving in the wrong lane.
Members of the Air Support Unit saw the man driving the van stop and start a fire inside the vehicle.
He then drove further east on 22nd Street with the van fully ablaze, before stopping in a ditch near Circle Drive and getting out of the vehicle.
Police then took him into custody.
The Saskatoon Fire Department extinguished the blaze.
The Corman Park police officer whose vehicle was hit wasn’t injured.
The man is now facing charges including dangerous driving, evading police, arson and breach of court conditions. He was also found to be wanted on outstanding warrants.