FIREFIGHTERS were called to three car fires in Bolton yesterday.

An Astra was destroyed on a playing field at the rear of St William's Avenue, Great Lever, at 10am.

The same fire crew was called to Freshfield Avenue at 3.30pm after a Carlton was set alight.

Both cars are believed to have been stolen.

A Vauxhall Nova was destroyed by suspected arsonists in Thicketford Road, Tonge Moor, at 2.30am yesterday.