FIRE crews tackled a motorcycle blaze in Wrexham earlier this evening.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called to the Gwenfro Valley in Queensway shortly before 6pm to reports of a motorcycle fire.

The fire is reported to have been started deliberately and the motorcycle has been ruined as a result.

A spokesman for North Wales Fire and Rescue said: ''We responded to a fire in the open at Gwenfro Valley at 17.54.

''A motorcycle was ablaze and it is thought that it is a case of a deliberate ignition. One engine was sent and one pump was used to extinguish the flames.''