AN arsonist is suspected of torching garden furniture inside a garage in Rishton late on Sunday evening.

Crews from Accrington fire station, in Hyndburn Road, were called to the blaze in Brook Street at around 11.25pm. There they found foam-backed garden chairs set on fire inside a brick garage, alongside some loose cardboard.

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The garage suffered some smoke damage, although the fire did not spread.

The garage’s owner, the occupier of an adjacent house, was not in, a fire service spokesman said.

Nobody was injured or evacuated.

An investigation has been launched into the fire, which was being treated as deliberate, the spokesman added.