A major stretch of the A66 was closed for hours in County Durham after a lorry burst into flames on the carriageway.
Emergency services were called to lorry fire on the A66 at around 4pm on Tuesday. The busy route between the A67 near Bowes and the A1M at Scotch Corner was closed in both directions as police and numerous fire crews descended on the scene.
Firefighters spent a long time fighting the flames on the carriageway with smoke being seen for miles.
