FIRE crews were called after a car caught fire in Astley Green.
Firefighters from Atherton arrived in Third Avenue at 4am to find the Renault Megane car fully ablaze.
They used hose reels and breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire, but the vehicle was already destroyed.
It is not thought that the fire was started deliberately.
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