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Katie Williams

A1 East Lothian incident: Emergency services rush to car engulfed in flames

Emergency services rushed to the A1 in East Lothian on Monday afternoon after a car was engulfed in flames.

At around 12pm on Monday, May 1, fire crews and the ambulance service rushed to the A1 westbound Bankton junction between Cockenzie and Tranent.

Two fire appliances were in attendance and the fire was extinguished. There were no reported casualties.

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A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue said: "We were in attendance on the Bankton Junction. There was one car on fire and fire crews extinguished it.

"Two fire appliances were in attendance and there were no casualties."

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