A man in his 20s extinguished a fire in his own car after it’s understood someone smashed the window and set the back seat alight.

Eastbourne Community Fire Station was called to the garages at the back of Tugwell Road in Eastbourne at 12.28am on Thursday to find the owner of the Honda R Type car had already dealt with the blaze.

The owner had heard a noise outside and discovered his window had been smashed and his back seat alight.

The incident has been passed to the police.