Firefighters have confirmed that at least 12 vehicles have been set on fire during an incident in Wimborne.
Emergency services say the incidents happened between midnight and 2.30am this morning and are currently being investigated.
Videos and photos show multiple vehicles on fire and Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue has confirmed to The Daily Echo that at least 12 cars were "set on fire".
Read more: Fire crews called to multiple incidents overnight - updates
Another was set on fire in Broadstone, but investigators are uncertain if this is linked.
A person whose white Audi was set on fire said: "We came out and saw it.
The flames were so high and there was so much smoke.
"It was scary because it could've easily escalated and gone past the fence."
She also caught it on video @Bournemouthecho pic.twitter.com/PGk5LCgzLW
— Georgia Revell (@GRevellEcho) May 15, 2023
A Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue statement says: "Between the hours of 11.30pm yesterday evening and just before 2.30am this morning, our Service Control Centre received approximately 65 999 calls about vehicle fires in the Wimborne and Poole areas.
"A crew from Poole attended a fire involving a single vehicle on Wentworth Drive, Poole at 11.35pm.
"A crew from Poole and two from Wimborne attended a fire involving two vehicles on Oakley Hill, Poole, at 1.08am. A second call was received at 1.15am about another vehicle alight in the same area.
"At 1.20am, a crew from Redhill park were called to New Borough Road, Wimborne Minster following reports of four vehicles involved in fire.
"A crew from Poole attended a fire on Poole Road, Wimborne Minster involving two vehicles at 1.24am.
"At 1.35am, we received a call about a vehicle fire on Poole Road, Wimborne Minster which had spread to a property. Crews from Ferndown, Westbourne, Wimborne and Poole attended.
"A crew from Wimborne attended a fire involving two vehicles on Merley Ways, Poole at 2.26am."
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