A FIRE which 'badly burnt' a Cwmbran garage was 'accidental', fire investigation officers have found.

The fire happened on Tuesday evening at the Motazone garage on Ty Coach Way.

Crews from Cwmbran, Malpas, Maindee, New Inn, Central and Caerphilly tackled the blaze for around four hours.

Emergency services received reports of the fire at 7.40pm and put the fire out at around 11.51pm.

A South Wales Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said fire investigation officer have concluded the fire was accidental.

Garage manager Paul Scull said on Wednesday he had been able to open one of the two garages at the Motazone branch in Cwmbran.

He described the garage as 'very badly burnt' but said it is business as usual for the garage.