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Three fire crews called to blazing car at M54 junction

Three fire crews tackled a blaze which engulfed a car at a junction of the M54.

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The emergency services were called junction six of the M54 at Telford on Sunday afternoon.

Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service said it received a call reporting the fire at 12.14pm.

Three fire appliances were scrambled from Telford Central, Tweedale and Wellington, along with an operations officer. The police and the land ambulance service were also present at the scene.

Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hosereel jet to tackle the fire.

A spokesperson for the fire service said one saloon vehicle was fully involved in the blaze which they said was caused by a mechanical fault. The fire service stop message for the incident was declared at 12.38pm.

There was no further information on the condition of anyone in the vehicle.

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