Car goes up in flames outside Wilmcote House in Somers Town, Portsmouth
By Tom Morton
Published 27th Jun 2026, 16:12 BST
Firefighters were called to a burning car outside a Portsmouth tower block
A car went up in flames in Portsmouth because of an electrical fault.
The blaze happened just after 10pm on Friday night outside Wilmcote House in Tyseley Road, Somers Town.
Firefighters from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue were there for about an hour, and used a hose to put out the fire. They estimated that about a third of the car was destroyed in the fire.