Car catches fire on A1M near Peterborough

A car caught fire on the A1M.
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The vehicle was on fire on the hard shoulder southbound near Sawtry.

The AA was reporting traffic building in the area.

A spokesman for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called to a car on fire on the A1 near Alconbury. Crews from Sawtry, Huntingdon and St Neots attended the incident.

“Firefighters arrived to find a car on fire on the southbound carriageway hard shoulder. They extinguished the fire and returned to their stations by 3pm.

“The cause of the fire was accidental.”

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