NEW PICTURES: Luxury car bursts into flames outside Chesterfield DIY store

A luxury car has burst into flames outside a Chesterfield DIY store.

By The Newsroom

Published 1st Sep 2016, 20:09 BST

Updated 1st Sep 2016, 22:56 BST

Eyewitness Becky Reeve took this photo when the car was fully alight (Photo: Becky Reeve / Facebook).

The Â£60,000 Jaguar XKR sportscar was engulfed by fire shortly after 7pm this evening outside the B&Q superstore on Spire Walk just off the Hornsbridge roundabout.

Firefighters spent about half an hour tackling the blaze and making the vehicle safe while police talked to the car's owners, eyewitnesses and shop staff.

Eyewitnesses speculated about the cause of the fire with some saying it had simply 'gone up in flames' and others suggesting it had been 'deliberately set alight'.

More on this developing story will follow as and when we get it.

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