Motorists suffered long tailbacks on the Edinburgh city bypass this morning after a Citroen Picasso burst into flames between the Dreghorn and Baberton junctions of the A720.
Police and firefighters were called to the scene around 8.25am.
Officers closed both lanes of the eastbound carriageway for a short time as firefighters extinguished the fire.
A police spokeswoman said no one had been injured in the incident
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
