A COACH was severely damaged in a late night fire believed to have been caused by an electrical fault.

Minehead firefighters were called reports of a coach on fire on Hawksworth Road in Minehead shortly before 1am on Wednesday, June 22.

The bus was already well alight when crews arrived and they got to work using four breathing apparatus, a hose reel jet and compressed air foam to extinguish the blaze.

A spokesman for Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue service said: "The coach was severely damaged by fire and caused radiated heat damage to a second coach.

"The fire is currently believed to have been caused by a possible electrical fault."