POLICE have confirmed that a fire early this morning which extensively damaged a vehicle parked in a Keighley street is being treated as arson.

Firefighters were called out at 1.15am to deal with the burning Volkswagen Golf, in Paget Street.

The vehicle was well alight when they arrived.

One crew from Keighley fire station attended, and wore breathing apparatus and used a hose reel jet to tackle the blaze.

Crew members were at the scene for just over an hour.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the police via 101 or the live chat facility at westyorkshire.police.uk/contactus, quoting crime reference 13230453210.