A FIRE which left a car in Cam severely damaged is being treated as suspected arson.

Emergency services were called to the blaze at the Yew Tree pub off Woodfield Road in the early hours of Sunday morning to tackle the fire.

Firefighters were sent from Dursley to the scene at 3.34am and used hose reels, breathing apparatus, a dry powder extinguisher and a thermal image camera to put out the fire.

The crew left the incident after one hour.

Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service is treating it as suspected arson and details have been passed to police for investigation.