A VAN parked outside a house was pushed away and torched by vandals last night.

The LDV Pilot van had been left in Mansergh Street, Burnley, at 8.40pm.

But the owner got a knock on his door just after midnight from a neighbour reporting the van had been moved along the street and was on fire.The passenger compartment was destroyed.

There have been similar incidents in the past few days in the Lansdowne Close and Manchester Road areas, but firefighters are not linking them as they are on the other side of Burnley.