A MYSTERIOUS bin fire took hold in Potters Bar on Saturday morning.

Firefighters rushed to Aston Way just after 8am, to find a quantity of rubbish “well alight” in a bin underneath a block of flats.

The crew, from Potters Bar fire station in Mutton Lane, spent around 25 minutes dousing the flames.

A spokeswoman for the fire service described the cause of the blaze as “doubtful”.

However, the police said they were not treating the fire as arson.