Rioting Calais migrants have been accused of threatening a lorry driver with a chainsaw and pouring petrol across a road and setting it alight during a night of violence.

Images emerged on social media last night of a burnt out lorry, on a ring road leading to the French port, which had been bound for the UK.

It came after locals said there had been a 'night of violence' in the town, which houses the vast refugee camp dubbed the Jungle.

The migrants are also accused of blockading roads and threatening another lorry driver with a chainsaw

Images emerged on social media last night of a burnt out lorry, on a ring road leading to the French port

Locals in Calais said there had been a 'night of violence' in the town, which houses the vast refugee camp dubbed the Jungle

It was also claimed that some asylum seekers had piled rubbish up on the roads leading to the port in a bid to slow down the lorries heading for the UK, so they could attempt to stow away inside.

The allegations were made by a local campaign group in the French town called Les Calaisiens en Colore.

They claim that there had been a riot in the jungle camp last night, which led the migrants to storm the access road leading to the port and creating the barricade.

They also allege that the migrants set fire to a truck, which saw a blaze rip through the trailer.

However, the driver of the vehicle was said to be uninjured.

The burnt out truck that was allegedly set alight by migrants was towed away from the ring road close to the port this morning

In a separate incident, one Belgian driver reported being threatened with a chainsaw as he tried to reach the port.

His boss, who did not want to be identified, begged authorities: 'Please do something, there will be deaths. Our drivers are threatened every night.'

And Chris Yarsley, the Freight Transport Association's EU Affairs Manager fears tensions could accelerate as numbers in the migrant Jungle camp increase.

He said: 'These drivers are just trying to do their job, moving goods from Europe to the UK through the country's busiest port.

Despite the Jungle Camp being partially cleared earlier this year, numbers have reportedly swelled to more than 7,000

Authorities have used £63million of British money to build razor-wire fences in an attempt to stop migrants jumping on to lorries near the port

'Attacks like this are unacceptable and more needs to be done to protect them as they go about their work.'

Despite the Jungle Camp being partially cleared earlier this year, numbers have reportedly swelled to more than 7,000 - more than at the peak of last summer's unrest.

The UK's vote to leave the EU has made some migrants more determined to cross the Channel before any changes to the current border controls.

Authorities have used £63million of British money to build razor-wire fences in an attempt to stop migrants jumping on to lorries near the port.