AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a motorbike was deliberately set on fire in Rishton this morning.

Firefighters from Hyndburn Station attended the arson in Livesey Street where a motorbike had been set alight in a garden.

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They used one hose reel to extinguish the fire, which caused substantial damage to the motorbike and a garden fence.

Nobody was injured during the incident which happened at around 7.15am but firefighters say it is being treated as arson.

Anyone with information is asked to call police via 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.