FIRE crews were called in the early hours of this morning to a car fire in Ipswich.

One fire engine from Princes Street attended the incident in Ellenbrook Road at 5.15am.

Crews arrived and found a derelict car on fire.

The fire was extinguished by 5.31am and reported to the police as a deliberately started fire.

Crews were back at their station at 5.42am.