A SKIP was set on fire in a car park near a primary school on Tuesday afternoon.

The fire was deliberately started soon after pupils from Ysgol Tudno, Llandudno were travelling home.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service sent one crew from Llandudno, who put the fire out just before 5pm.

A fire service spokesperson said: "We were called to a skip fire in a car park near Ysgol Tudno at 4.05pm.

"It is being treated as deliberate.

"One appliance extinguished the fire at 4.55pm."