AN arson investigation has been launched after a van was torched in a field at Cotton.The fire in the transit van was reported to Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service at 7.15am.

AN arson investigation has been launched after a van was torched in a field at Cotton.

The fire in the transit van was reported to Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service at 7.15am today.

Firefighters found the van alight in a field in Parker's Road and brought it under control by 7.40am.

The cause of the fire is being treated as suspicious.