FIREFIGHTERS were called to the A12 after a car caught fire.
 

Two crews from Colchester and one from Hadleigh in Suffolk were called to the southbound carriageway between Ardleigh and Stratford St Mary following reports of a fire in a Land Rover.
 

The fire was reported at about 1pm today and was extinguished in 30 minutes.
 

The road was closed southbound to allow firefighters to work and was re-opened.
 

At the same time commuters on the opposite side, between Cuckoo Farm and Ardleigh, were delayed by a broken down horsebox.
 

The car fire is the latest in a series of blazes.
 

Fire crews were called to the Avenue of Remembrance at 1pm on Friday and spent almost half-an-hour putting out the blaze.
 

Nobody was hurt.