FIREFIGHTERS were called out in the early hours of this morning to a ‘deliberate’ motorcycle fire in South Gloucestershire.

A crew from Southmead Fire Station was dispatched to Branksome Drive in Filton at 4.53am, following reports of the vehicle having been set alight.

On arrival, the crew found that the fire was out, but that extensive damage had been caused to the bike.

A spokesman for Avon Fire and Rescue Service said that it was believed that the fire had been started deliberately.