FIREFIGHTERS were called to a residential street on Walney after a fence was set on fire.

Walney's on-call crew of firefighters was called to Orion Terrace at 4.51am in the early hours of this morning.

A fence had been set on fire and the crew used a hose reel jet to extinguish the blaze.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">0451-<a href="https://twitter.com/Walney_Fire_Stn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Walney_Fire_Stn</a> Mobilised to Fire in the Open Orion Terrace, suspected Arson now working with <a href="https://twitter.com/barrowpolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@barrowpolice</a> to get to the bottom of it <a href="https://t.co/QELFCv20pC">pic.twitter.com/QELFCv20pC</a></p>— Walney Fire Station (@Walney_Fire_Stn) <a href="https://twitter.com/Walney_Fire_Stn/status/915452426844561408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>