An Ohio township and its insurance company filed a lawsuit against Ford Motor Company after the engine of a police cruiser burst into flames while authorities responded to an emergency call.

The suit was filed on Feb. 9 in the Butler County Common Pleas Court by West Chester Township and the Ohio Township Association Risk Management Authority, according to a report.

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Seeking the minimum of $48,353, as well as other damages, the products liability suit reads that a Ford Explorer cruiser bought in January 2021 caught fire on May 31, 2021, after it had been deployed for a 12-hour shift.

Officer Gabe Staton took control of the cruiser during a shift change and responded to an emergency call, driving 65 mph for roughly 3 miles, according to a report.

Upon exiting the cruiser, he left its engine running because the cruiser's lights were on, and minutes later, he heard at least one person yell there was a fire.

Staton tried to use a fire extinguisher to douse the flames under the cruiser and through its hood area, the report noted.

The measure failed, and the fire department was called to kill the blaze.

After it was destroyed, the vehicle's odometer read about 150 miles, according to the report.

"Defendants design, manufacture and distribution of the Explorer, which suffered from the defect was negligent, grossly negligent, reckless, willful, wanton and intentional," the suit read.

OTARMA foot the cost of the cruiser, and the township paid the $500 deductible.

The suit is seeking "actual, compensatory, exemplary, punitive and other damages" and aims to see that Ford no longer produces "defective" vehicles.

Defendants "have not taken any steps to attempt to resolve the defect or the claims alleged herein," even after they were notified in August 2021, according to the lawsuit.

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The township has been "deprived of the use of the Explorer, has had to spend time and resources replacing the Explorer and has had to spend time and resources securing alternative transportation," and "these qualify as direct, incidental or consequential pecuniary [monetary] loss."