FIREFIGHTERS went to the Tesco Extra store at Warrngton shortly before midnight when fire broke out involving a large recycling bin.
A hose reel jet was used to extinguish the blaze at the Tesco Extra store in Winwick Road, which is believed to have been the work of arsonists.
Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101 or the confidential Crimestoppers hotline on 0800 555 111.
Fire crews were also called to a grass fire in Forrest Way, Warrington which was also believed to have been started deliberately.