Arsonists set fire to a mattress outside a house.

Fire crews from Hyndburn were called to Lister Street in Accrington at 7.10pm on Monday, August 21, to reports of a fire involving a mattress on the pavement.

Firefighters used a hosereel jet to extinguish it and said it is ‘likely to have been started deliberately’.

No casualties were reported.

Anyone with information call Lancashire Police on 101.