A FIRE that broke out, causing extensive damage to a property, is being treated as 'suspicious' by police.

The incident happened off the town centre in Bicester on Monday, just after 9pm.

Two crews from Bicester and one from Rewley Road station in Oxford raced to the scene of the blaze. 

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A picture shared by Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Services on Facebook shows structural damage to the property, with the doors and walls of the shed where the fire started completely charred. 

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the flames, and worked to limit the damage to the affected outbuilding.

Thames Valley Police has been contacted about the incident.