FIREFIGHTERS were called to a Tonge Fold street after a van caught fire.

Officers based at Bolton fire station in Moor Lane spent 45 minutes tackling the blaze in Edditch Grove after receiving the call at 2am.

A Fire Service spokesman said: "The owner of the van lives on the street and had parked the vehicles a bit further down from where he lives.

"It looks like it has been deliberately set on fire so we have referred the matter to the police."

Call police on 101 with information.