FIREFIGHTERS saved a car from destruction in Long Lee in the early hours of this morning.

They were called to tackle a blazing Audi parked alongside a house in Boxtree Grove, just after 3am.

Firefighters using a hose reel and breathing apparatus extinguished the flames, and the damage was confined mainly to the engine compartment.

A Keighley Fire Station spokesman said: “Because the car was close to the house we did a home fire safety check and fit smoke alarms.”