Shipley firefighters were called out to a blaze in which a BMW car was destroyed early yesterday.

The car was parked outside the owner’s friend’s house on Glenwood Avenue, Baildon, when the fire started at 2.55am.

The owner was at the scene and contacted the police.

The car was destroyed and it took firefighters 45 minutes to put the blaze out. The incident has been passed to police to investigate.