Motorists suffered severe delays on a major road and a lane was closed last night due to a car fire at a busy junction.

Firefighters were called to the scene at the junction of Macdonald Road and Archway Road in Archway at around 5.50pm and put out the fire in ten minues.

One lane of traffic was closed in Archway Road causing significant delays.

A call was made to the police at around 5.50pm to report that the four-seater vehicle was on fire but officers have said that nobody was in the vehicle.