Watch: Video shows firefighters deal with arson attack near Arbourthorne, Sheffield, on busy night for crews

This was all that was left after a car was set on fire by arsonists near a green space on a Sheffield estate.

Pictures and video show firefighters at the scene of the blaze, and the aftermath which was left behind, as a metal shell was all that remained of the torched vehicle in the popular green space at Kenninghall Drive, Arbourthorne, near Easter Drive.

Residents say the shell still remains on the land today.

Sign up for our free newsletters now The car was set alight on Thursday evening, on the land which was once home to the Norfolk Park tower block of flats.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service attended the blaze.

They said in a statement: “A car was deliberately set on fire at 9.35pm on Eastern Drive, Sheffield. Firefighters from Central station attended the incident. They left at 10,.25pm.”

It was one of three cars which had been deliberately set on fire in Sheffield on the same night.

A few hours later, firefighters were sent out to deal with an incident on Earl Marshal Road, between Pitsmoor and Grimesthorpe.

They said in a statement that two cars had been deliberately set on fire at 3.05am. Firefighters from Elm Lane and Central stations attended the incident, and were there until 4,25am.

Norfolk Park Flats were demolished in 1999, with the area turned into a green space. Kenninghall Drive runs through that space.

Regeneration work was carried out in the surrounding area in subsquent years.

It was one of a number of high rise blocks which have been demolished in the city over the years.