A CAR has been set alight on a track just off Sparrowhawk Road, in Holton, near Halesworth.

A crew from Halesworth was called to tackle the blaze at 7.55pm this evening.

They used two hosereels and wore breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire which was put out by 8.40pm.

They had already been called to the same location earlier on in the evening but it is believed somebody returned and deliberately ignited a different part of the vehicle.

The previous incident was also attended by Halesworth and occured at 6.30pm.

Crews returned to the fire staiton by 9.41pm.