Fire at Sainsbury's in Coventry treated as arson

Smoke filled the supermarket's aisles

A fire at a Sainsbury's supermarket is being treated as arson, police said.

West Midlands Fire Service was called to the store in Canley, Coventry, on Fletchamstead Highway, where crews found a rail of clothes on fire.

The building had been evacuated of staff when firefighters arrived and put out the blaze.

West Midlands Police said nobody was injured at the site, to which crews were called at about 10:55 GMT on Thursday.

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The store has been closed while firefighters assess the damage.

The checkout area also filled with smoke

The fire service said a rail of clothes was ablaze

The aftermath of what police are treating as arson

Clothes hangers were melted in the fire