Car fire leads to rush hour hold-ups at busy Telford interchange

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Firefighters had to extinguish a car blaze at a busy junction in Telford.

A crew from Wellington responded to the 999 calls to a car on fire at the Trench Lock interchange at 6.44am on Tuesday.

Traffic was brought to a halt as the crew put out the blaze by 7am.

The fire meant long queues for drivers in the area on the A442 and the A518 as well as Trench Road.

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