Firefighters were called out to tackle three car blazes, believed to have been started deliberately.

Bicester firefighters were called out to tackle a car fire in the car park of the Angel pub in Sheep Street early today.

Only minutes later firefighters from Slade Park station in Oxford went to a blaze at the Queens Arms pub in Cowley Road, Littlemore.

Yesterday evening a fire crew from the same station was called out to a burning car at the rear of Delbush Avenue.

All three fires were described as being of "doubtful origin" by a fire service spokesman.