FIREFIGHTERS in Leominster were called to tackle a fire in a car park yesterday morning.

A spokesman for the fire service said that a crew was called to a report of a car on fire near to the Dishley Street Co-op supermarket at 5.34am on February 24.

Firefighters extinguished the well-established blaze and made the area safe.

One man was taken to hospital by ambulance for precautionary checks.