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JERSEY CITY - An unmarked police car caught fire Thursday night as officers were making a drug-related arrest, authorities said.

The two police officers were conducting narcotics-related surveillance in the area of Kennedy Boulevard and Stevens Avenue around 9:20 p.m. when they got out of the vehicle and stopped two men they spotted on a street corner, a police report states.

The officers determined the men were in possession of heroin and arrested them on drug charges, the report indicates.

But when they returned to their unmarked car with the two men in custody, officers noticed the rear floor board and rear passenger seat on the driver's side was "engulfed in flame," according to the report.

The fire quickly made its way to the front seats, and the officers' attempt to extinguish the flame was unsuccessful. The Jersey City Fire Department was notified and was able to put the fire out, but not before the car sustained significant damage to its interior, the report said.

No one was injured in the incident.