A STOLEN car was set alight underneath a railway embankment in the early hours of yesterday.

A Ford Escort was destroyed in the incident at Manchester Road, Kearsley at about 2.30am.

Meanwhile, firefighters were called to a car blaze in Great Lever yesterday.

A Ford Orion had been abandoned and set alight on St William's playing fields off Lever Edge Lane at 9.50pm.

The vehicle was destroyed in the fire.