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Firefighters extinguish car fire on M6 Northbound in Walsall

Firefighters have extinguished a car which was on fire on the M6 Northbound in Walsall this morning.

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The fire service responded to the incident near the Junction 10 Northbound exit shortly after 8.30am.

A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "Shortly after 8.30am on Thursday (14 September), we responded to an incident on the M6 Northbound between Junctions 9 and 10.

"A fire engine from Wednesbury and a fire engine from Bloxwich responded, crewed by 10 firefighters.

"This was a car fire on the sliproad at junction 10 on the M6. A hose reel was used to extinguish the fire.

"The road was closed whilst crews worked at the scene, but re-opened a short time later. We left the incident at 9.03am."

The incident blocked the carriageway which has since been reopened.