POLICE are investigating after firefighters were called to put out the blaze in the engine bay parked outside the owner's house in Shaw.

The crew from Oldham station were called to Oswald Street shortly before midnight (Tuesday, October 20) to deal with the fire which was engulfing a VW Golf.

At first it was believed to have been caused by an engine fault but footage from a neighbour's CCTV showed a person fleeing the scene after the fire started.

The video has been passed on to police for further investigation.