RESIDENTS were evacuated from their homes after a car fire in Huntingdon.

RESIDENTS were evacuated from their homes after a car fire in Huntingdon.

The blaze took place in The Whaddons at about 9pm on Saturday, August 28.

Offenders set fire to a vehicle which was parked in the rear garden of a home.

One fire crew from Huntingdon was called at 9.05pm, and used two hose reels to extinguish the fire. The crew returned to base at 9.45pm.

A spokesman for the fire service confirmed that the cause of the fire was deliberate.

INFORMATION: Anyone with any information should call DC Derek Cornhill on 0345 4564564 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.