POLICE are investigating after a vehicle was set on fire in Cartmel yesterday afternoon.

Fire crews were called to reports of a burning car in The Square, on Sunday around 6.52pm.

By the time they arrived the car was well ablaze, needing a jet hose reel to extinguish it.

Fortunately no one was inside the burning car, but the police have indicated the fire was started on purpose.

If you have any information regarding this fire, call 101.