Fire crews have extinguished a car fire near the A12.
Two crews from Colchester and one from Manningtree attended the fire in a lay by on the A12 southbound near Junction 26 and 25.
Crews arriving at the scene reported that the whole of the vehicle was alight. Wearing breathing apparatus they used one hose reel to extinguish the fire by 6.01pm.
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