POLICE are investigating a suspected arson after a car was set on fire in Rockcliffe Street, Blackburn.

A pump and crew from the town's fire station were turned out to the incident in which a car had been deliberately set alight at the roadside on Sunday.

Firefighters used two hosereel jets to put the fire out and there were no casualties. 

A Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Police have been notified of the suspected arson."