Four in custody after police chase ends in flames

FORECAST, GUYS. COMING UP, EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE ON THAT. WE'LL CHAT WITH YOU. WELL, AN UPDATE TO SOME WILD BREAKING NEWS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING AFTER A POLICE CHASE ENDED WITH 2 POLICE CRUISERS ON FIRE. WE NOW KNOW AT LEAST 4 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO SHOT BY MCINTYRE LAW CHOPPER. 4. >> ABOUT 5.30, THIS EVENING. THIS WAS THE END OF THE CHASE NEAR NORTHEAST 23RD AND BROADWAY EXTENSION. NOW, ACCORDING TO OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE, THE MAN BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THE CAR WAS WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A HOME INVASION FROM EARLIER TODAY. >> WE CAUGHT POLICE CHASING HIM IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF I-235 AT 23RD. >> TURNAROUND STARTED DRIVING NORTHBOUND BEFORE GETTING INTO THE GRASS. YOU SAW HE BAILED AND RAN OUT OF HIS CAR, COME RUNNING AND TRIED RUNNING AWAY. BUT WITH OFFICERS RIGHT BEHIND HIM. >> HE WAS CAUGHT AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE. JUST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY AND THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND HE DIDN'T PUT UP A FIGHT.

BUT HERE'S THE STORY HERE. A MUCH MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM. WHAT'S HAPPENING BACK AT THE SCENE WHERE THE SUSPECT DITCHED HIS CAR. A POLICE CAR HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND THE FLAMES EVENTUALLY SPREAD INVOLVING A SECOND. POLICE SUV. BOTH VEHICLES WERE COMPLETELY BURNED OUT BY THE FIRE, ACCORDING TO THE OKLAHOMA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT FIRE WAS STARTED FROM THE HEAT OF THE CAR ON THE GRASS. BUT THANKFULLY NOBODY WAS HURT. NOW WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE AT LEAST 3 OTHER PEOPLE. >> WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT. BUT THEY DIDN'T GIVE US .

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