FIREFIGHTERS dealt with three car fires - all started deliberately - in the space of a few hours.

A stolen Volvo estate car was dumped on a track near Hill Top Farm, Hainworth Road, Keighley, and then destroyed in a blaze at around 1am this morning.

At around 2.30am two cars parked within a short distance of one another were damaged in suspect arson attacks which may be linked.

The front end of a Mercedes 4x4 parked outside a house in Clifton Street, off Fell Lane, Keighley, was damaged by fire at around 2.30am. Around the same time a Mitsubishi Shogun parked on nearby Mannville Road also suffered front end fire damage.

The fire service is investigating the cause but both are thought to have been started deliberately, possibly by the same person.

Fire crews from Keighley and Bingley dealt with the fires.