Firefighters have successfully tackled a blaze affecting a car, shed and a surrounding area of brush in Spanish Point, Pembroke.

The Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to a report of “trees on fire” at 8.37pm this evening, Sergeant Russann Francis said.

“The fire service responded to the incident with three vehicles staffed with ten firefighters,” she added.

The station commander on duty, Lieutenant Mark Taylor, said: “On arrival we found a car, a shed and the surrounding area of brush approximately 30’ x 50’ fully involved in fire.”

Two firefighters in breathing apparatus and equipped with a 1½ hose line extinguished the fire.

An investigation is under way.