Four people were led to safety after a suspicious car fire in Cromwell Road, Banbury, in the early hours of today.

The blaze had spread to a nearby fence, shed and house by the time firefighters arrived at 4.10am.

Four occupants of the house were evacuated but nobody was injured.

Firefighters have described the blaze as suspicious and a team of scenes of crime officers from Thames Valley Police examined the scene yesterday morning.