Two women fled from their first floor Bristol flat after being woken by a vehicle on fire outside.

The outside of their property in Emerson Square, Horfield was damaged by the blaze at around 4.30am on Tuesday.

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset fire service said: "The cause of the fire is believed to have been deliberate.

"Damage was caused to the exterior of the flat. The women, one in her 20s and one in her 40s, were woken by the sound of the vehicle burning and left the building.

"The fire was extinguished before it entered the building."