(La Porte County, IN) - A Wanatah man using a blow torch wound up setting his vehicle ablaze on Thursday.

Emergency responders were called just before 5 p.m. to the 8200 block of W. 1450 South. Anthony Christianson told police he was trying to fix the radio in his 2011 Jeep Liberty and was using a blow torch to heat the shrink wrap around the wiring.

At one point, police said he placed the blow torch down but it tipped over and caught some trash in his vehicle on fire.  Christianson grabbed a fire extinguisher from his home but was not able to put out the flames.

Police said the metal frame along with miscellaneous metal objects were all that was left of the vehicle, which was valued at an estimated $5,000.