Police are treating a fire at a scrapyard in Liversedge as arson.

Emergency services were called to reports of a fire at the site on Headlands Road shortly after 6pm on Monday.

Footage circulating on social media shows a plume of smoke in the skies above the area.

West Yorkshire Police confirmed an investigation into the incident remains ongoing.

The force closed the nearby Greenway "as a precaution".

On Monday evening, a spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "Police were called at 18.10pm today to reports of a fire at a scrap yard on Headlands Road in Liversedge.

"Emergency services including the fire service are in attendance.

"The Greenway nearby has been closed as a precautionary measure.

"Enquiries are ongoing."

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said in a statement: "We were called at 5.54pm yesterday to reports of a fire on Headlands Road in Liversdege.

"This was found to be a fire at a scrapyard, measuring 50x20 metres.

"Crews from Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, and Mirfield used jets to extinguish the blaze.

"No-one was hurt and the fire was fully extinguished by 7.19pm."