A CAR was left badly damaged following a fire at a carpark in Tiverton.

Engines from the town and Witheridge were sent to reports of a car on fire at the Phoenix Lane multi storey car park in Tiverton at 1.03pm. 

Crews tackled the blaze using breathing apparatus, a hose reel jet and a dry powder extinguisher.

The cause of the fire was accidental and the car was severely damaged.