Firefighters from St Austell were called in the early hours of Saturday to a car fire in Stannary Road.
One fire engine was sent to the blaze just before 1am, and arrived to find one car "well alight"
A fire service spokespersn said: "Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus extinguished the fire using two high pressure hosereels."
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