Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SRFS) received a call reporting the incident on Wats Drive at 12.10am. border town.

A fire crew from Oswestry Fire Station was sent to the scene. West Mercia Police also participated.

The SRFS incident log reported that a car was 50 percent involved in the fire and the crew used two hose reel jets to extinguish the fire while wearing breathing apparatus.

The fire in the car was also “believed to have been deliberately ignited”.

A statement from West Mercia Police said: “We were called to Wats Drive in Oswestry at around 12.15am this morning following reports of a car fire. The incident is being treated as arson and investigations are ongoing.”

The incident ended at 01.40.

Meanwhile, the fire brigade received a call at 4.33am reporting a car fire on West Avenue in Telford.

1 fire team was sent telford Central Fire Station to the scene. The police also attended.

Fire crews used hose reel jets and breathing apparatus to extinguish the car, which was 50 percent destroyed in the fire.

The incident ended at 05.07 in the morning.