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Lanes reopened after A27 vehicle fire

Jamie Cheshire A car is seen from the other side of a central reservation made up of metal barriers. The car is on fire with flames at the lower front end of it, and smoke rising up out the back. It is a small silver car.Jamie Cheshire
The fire service said no casualties were reported

A Sussex road has reopened after a vehicle fire forced the closure of one carriageway.

The A27 westbound was closed as emergency services responded to the car fire near Devil's Dyke, north of Brighton.

All three lanes were open just after 14:00 GMT, a Sussex Police spokesperson confirmed.

An East Sussex Fire and Rescue spokesperson said a call had come in at 12:35 regarding a single vehicle fire.

Eddie Mitchell An image showing six lanes of the A27 and on the right hand side there is a queue of traffic behind the blue lights of a fire engine and a car parked off to the side near the hard shoulder.Eddie Mitchell
Emergency services were called to a car fire on the A27

"Three fire engines were in attendance from Hove and Preston Circus," they added.

No casualties were reported, the fire service said.

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