Car fire in Exmouth believed to be arson – Police investigate
![The car fire in Pankhurst Close (August 1, 2020). Picture courtesy of Exmouth Fire Station and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. The car fire in Pankhurst Close (August 1, 2020). Picture courtesy of Exmouth Fire Station and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.](https://storage.googleapis.com/nub-news-files/nub-news-file-storage/246673/34_n_1_3459_1.jpg)
![The car fire in Pankhurst Close (August 1, 2020). Picture courtesy of Exmouth Fire Station and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. The car fire in Pankhurst Close (August 1, 2020). Picture courtesy of Exmouth Fire Station and Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.](https://storage.googleapis.com/nub-news-files/nub-news-file-storage/246674/34_n_1_3459_2.jpg)
A car fire in Exmouth yesterday is believed to have been set deliberately.
Firefighters from Exmouth and Exeter were sent to the fire on Pankhurst Close at around 3.48pm yesterday.
When firefighters arrived at the scene the car was already well alight and had spread to a nearby commercial property.
Fire crews wearing breathing apparatus used two hose reel jets and a covering jet to extinguish the fire.
The car was destroyed by the blaze and the building the sustained some minor damage to its windows and cladding.
Police are investigating the scene.
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