House fire starts in car

AN investigation has been launched into a fire which started in a car, then spread to a garden shed and a kitchen.

Firefighters were called to the house in Carnbee Crescent, Gracemount, before 6am today and put out the blaze.

A fire service spokeswoman said there were people in the house at the time, but no-one was hurt.

She said fire investigators were at the scene and had alerted police to possible suspicious circumstances.