ARSONISTS set fire to a bin outside a McDonald's restaurant before targeting a children's charity shop.

A charity shop and fast food restaurant were targeted in the incidents which happened in Fareham last night.

Firefighters dealt with a bin fire at the rear of Naomi House in West Street at 8.07pm and then had to tackle another bin blaze outside McDonald's in the same street at 8.45pm.

Each fire took 10 minutes to put out and was tackled by a retained crew from Fareham fire station using hose reels.

They are treating both fires as arson.