FIRE fighters have been called to a car on fire on an A12 slip road.
The blaze broke out on the London bound slip road at junction 28, Colchester.
A spokesman for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said: "We got a call at 8.22am to a car fire.
"It was extinguished by 8.42am."
Traffic is also building up further down the Londonbound carriageway due to a broken down lorry near Marks Tey.
Queues are tailing back to Eight Ash Green.
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