POLICE are investigating the discovery of a car, believed to be stolen, found engulfed in flames.

Officers were alerted about the vehicle after it was found set alight sometime during the early hours of Sunday, March 13 near Baydon.

"It is believed that it was deliberately driven into the fertiliser tanker in order to start the fire," a police spokesman said.

"This vehicle has been located in the Baydon area in a field near to the motorway bridge, please avoid going near the vehicle as there is a lot of debris around it from the tyres and the bodywork."

Anyone with information should called police on 101.