Early Christmas Eve call-out as fire service deals with car blaze on A5 layby

The occurrence happened on the section of the A5 that goes eastbound, not long before reaching Junction 7, which is for Cluddley.

The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call at approximately 2 in the morning concerning a car that was ablaze in a layby.

A team was dispatched from Shrewsbury and stayed at the incident location for approximately 40 minutes.