An abandoned car was destroyed by fire shortly before 11:00 P.M. Thursday evening south of Mitchell.

Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Mike Penner says the car was parked in the middle of McKenzie Avenue one mile south of Mitchell.

"On arrival, the car was fully involved. We had to put a fair amount of water on it to cool it down, it was really heated up and foamed it and waited for it to be cool enough before the tow truck came."

Penner says when they arrived the car had been abandoned, however, Steinbach RCMP say the fire is not considered suspicious.