A car burst into flames on the busy A500 Shavington Bypass near Nantwich, forcing it to close.
The incident happened close to the Station Pilot roundabouts at around 10.20am yesterday (September 21).
Firefighters from Crewe were called out to tackle the blaze.
They used breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.
Police closed the road while the incident was dealt with, traffic being re-directed through Crewe.
Crewe fire station is closer to Station Pilot and is manned full time. Nantwich is on-call firefighters only
Why didn’t the Nantwich Fire engine attend the fire? Crewe is a long distance for the fast attendance needed for a serious fire.