FIREFIGHTERS were called to a van fire on a Carlisle street.

The fire involved a Citroen panel van on Scotby road on Thursday evening.

A crew from Carlisle West fire station responded to the incident at 5.50pm and extinguished the fire.

A spokeswoman for Cumbria Police said: "Police were contacted at around 6pm on 26 February, by the fire service, to a report of a vehicle fire on Scotby Road, Carlisle.

"It was reported that a Citroen panel van was alight.

"The fire is not being treated as suspicious."