Emergency services race to Scots motorway after car bursts into flames on carriageway


Firefighters scrambled to put out a fire on a Scots motorway this afternoon - after a car burst into flames while it was stationed on the motorway.

The incident took place on the M90 on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Two fire engines headed to the motorway's northbound carriageway.

The car was between the village of Crook of Devon, in Kinross-shire, and the burgh of Kinross, Perth and Kinross, when the alarm was raised at around 5.43pm.

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Firefighters from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service arrived at the scene and extinguished the blaze just after 6.45pm. There were no reported injuries following the incident.

The car on fire.
The car on fire. -Credit:Fife Jammer Locations.

A spokesperson from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: "At 5.53pm to reports of a car fire on the M90. Two appliances were mobilised from Perth."

A statement from Police Scotland reads: "Around 5.55pm on Wednesday, 23 October, 2024 we were made aware of a vehicle fire on the M90 near to junction 6.

"Emergency services attended, the fire was extinguished and there were no reports of injuries.

“The road was closed in both directions while emergency services were in attendance and fully re-opened about 7.05pm.”

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