A MOBILE home used a storage was deliberately set alight during the early hours of this morning (July 29).

Fire crews from Castle Cary and Wincanton attended the incident in a field in Galhampton, near North Cadbury at around 2.30am.

The mobile home was completely destroyed by the blaze.

"On scene crews requested an additional fire appliance for extra water," said a spokesperson for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.

"Crews used a compressed air foam jet, a hose reel jet,thermal imaging camera and drag forks to extinguish the fire.

"The cause of the fire was believed to have been deliberate."