A CAR has been destroyed after bursting into flames in Sparsholt this morning.

Firefighters from Winchester Fire Station were called to Westley Lane after receiving reports of a car ablaze at 8.34am.

A fire service spokesperson said: “The car was well alight on arrival and extinguished using two sets of breathing apparatus and one hose reel.”

The crew left the scene at 9.08am after dampening down.

The cause of the fire has not been revealed and no-one was injured in the incident.