A GARAGE blaze is believed to have been started deliberately, fire investigators say.

Firefighters based in Poole were called to Russell Gardens in Turlin Moor at 1.41am this morning.

Crews discovered a vehicle, a garage and its contents ablaze, and used two hoses to extinguish the flames, leaving the scene after the fire was fully out at 2.19am.

A spokesperson from the Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said: "The fire, which was believed to have been malicious, damaged a domestic refuse bin 100 per cent by fire, one vehicle 50 per cent by fire, and the garage and a second vehicle 20 per cent by fire and 100 per cent by smoke."