A FIRE in a Ferndown skatepark was started deliberately by adults, firefighters say.

Crews were called to extinguish a fire in the park in Cherry Grove on Sunday night.

A spokesperson from the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said a crew from Ferndown tackled a fire involving rubbish shortly before 8.35pm.

Yesterday, a firefighter from the East Dorset station said: "Sadly, this fire in the skatepark was deliberate.

"It was started by a group of adults.

"The details of their car have been passed onto the police."

In April, arsonists started a fire on heathland near the skatepark.

Four fire engines, four Land Rovers and the Unimog all-terrain vehicle were sent out to the blaze on land off Cherry Grove.

The blaze covered 400 square metres of heathland at Ferndown Common.