A FIRE in a York suburb has been started deliberately.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called out at 7.24pm on Wednesday (September 11) after reports of a fire in Acomb.

A service spokesman said: “A crew from Acomb responded to a fire in the open.

“Crews proceeded on foot with small tools and knapsack sprayers to find a pile of branches on fire.

“They extinguished the fire and cause was believed to had been deliberate.”