ARSONISTS are thought to have torched a remote Scout hut in Bishopsteignton over the weekend.

A resident in the Humber Lane area spotted smoke coming from a nearby copse on Sunday afternoon.

He alerted firefighters who who used a specially-equipped 4x4 vehicle from Buckfastleigh to reach the scene.

They were able to extinguish the blaze which destroyed the small hut used for storage by local Scouts.

A fire crew from Newton Abbot also responded to the incident.