FIREFIGHTERS suspect arson after a pile of more than 100 tyres was set alight in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Fire crews were called to the blaze at around 4.35am where they found it necessary to use two sets of breathing apparatus and two hose reels as well as the main water jet to put the fire out.

The tyres had been stacked against a hedge 40 feet from the A388 at Kelly Bray.