Sleeping driver suffers arson attack

The fire also gutted a car on a nearby garage forecourt

A lorry driver is lucky to be alive after arsonists set fire to his vehicle transporter while he slept inside.

The man managed to scramble out of the cab after he was awoken by the crackling of flames, which had already gutted the transporter and the three cars it was carrying.

Police are treating the fire at Mill Lane Renault Garage on the Blackwater Trading Estate in Aldershot, Hampshire, as arson.

The fire started at 0100 BST on Tuesday and had also spread or been lit in another car parked on a nearby forecourt.

Hampshire police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information on the fire to get in touch.