THESE are the images of a car that burst into flames between Farnborough and Hook on the M3 yesterday (September 24).
The fire happened at approximately 1.25pm between junction 4A for Farnborough and junction 5 for Hook.
#Hampshire #M3 traffic is temporarily stopped westbound J4A-J5 while emergency services deal with a car fire. Delays on approach.
— Highways England (@HighwaysSEAST) 24 September 2016
Highways England confirmed that traffic was temporarily stopped whilst emergency services dealt with the car fire.
Twitter user Coopy Rose (@elisha_cooper) caught the images and tweeted: "They need to recall the @VauxhallEngland @vauxhall Zafira's!!! This is the second one I've seen on fire on the M3! Awful!."
The road was reopened by 2.35pm.
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