Firefighters called to busy Peak District beauty spot as car bursts into flames

Fire crews extinguished a car that had burst into flames close to a popular Peak Distict destination.

Shortly after 4.35pm on Saturday, February 11, firefighters from Hathersage were deployed to the scene of a vehicle fire on the A57, near Ladybower Reservoir, in Bamford.

When they arrived, the vehicle was already well alight – with flames engulfing the front half of the car.

Firefighters used two breathing apparatus and one hose reel jet to extinguish the blaze.

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