Firefighters rushed to a section of the M62 near to Rochdale this afternoon after a car caught on fire.
Crews from Greater Manchester Fire Service were called to the M62 Eastbound, between junctions 18 to 19 for Heywood, at around 2.20pm on Monday (March 21) following reports of a vehicle on fire on the hard shoulder of the motorway.
Fire engines from Blackley, Heywood and Bury were dispatched to the scene, near to the Birch service station slip road. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel to extinguish the fire.
