A PUB garden was burnt down following a fire in a pub car park.

Firefighters were called to the blaze at Dee View Road, Heswall, at 2.44am on Monday, July 18.

On arrival, crews found a van on fire in the car park of the Dee View Inn pub which had spread to the decking and fencing in the pub’s beer garden.

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service were alerted about the incident at 2.44am and arrived on the scene in two fire engines at 2.47am.  

Fire crews extinguished the fire and remained on the scene until 5.13am.

A spokesperson for Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service said: “An investigation into the cause of the fire has been carried out.

“It is believed the fire started accidentally.”