A car was destroyed and several other vehicles damaged after a fire caused by an electrical fault.

The vehicle was parked on a driveway outside a house in Tamworth Road, Ashby, when the blaze took hold.

Crews from Ashby and Coalville fire stations attended the incident after the alarm was raised at 8.50am today.

A fire service spokesman said: “We were called to a vehicle fire on a driveway in Tamworth Road, Ashby, earlier this morning.

“Two appliances attended and extinguished the fire using breathing apparatus and a fire extinguisher.”

He said it was caused by an electrical fault, with the car suffering “severe damage” by fire.

Two vehicles parked nearby also suffered heat damage to their body work due to the blaze.

The incident was closed shortly after 10am when firefighters came away from the scene.

There are no reports of anyone being injured in the incident.