Lorry bursts into flames on Devon-Cornwall border

Emergency services were called out to a vehicle fire on the A30 on the Devon-Cornwall border.

Devon and Somerset Fire Service said its crews were called out at about 12:05 BST to the road in Lifton after receiving reports of an articulated lorry carrying animal feed being alight.

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Engines from Tavistock and Okehampton were also sent and extinguished the flames by 13:45, a fire spokesperson said.

Devon and Cornwall Police said officers set up a road closure on the A30 while the fire, on the westbound carriageway, was dealt with.