AN INVESTIGATION has opened after firefighters extinguished a car found ‘well alight’.

Firefighters rushed to the scene of a car engulfed in flames at Ensbury Park in Bournemouth.

The late-night fire was extinguished and the incident has now been handed to Dorset Police.

Photos and footage taken from Joshua Muir, a Bournemouth resident show the extent of the fire.

A spokesperson for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service said: “We attended a car fire in  Bournemouth at 22.50pm last night (August 10).

“We sent two appliances because it was parked quite close to a house. 

“When we got there it was a private vehicle, well alight, and we used extinguishers to deal with the fire and then handed the incident over to the police.”

Dorset Police has been contacted for more information.