he The coastbound carriageway of the Thanet Way at Whitstable was closed at around 8.30am on Thursday morning (November 5) after a car caught light.

The driver pulled onto the grass verge after the engine of his Peugeot began to smoke.

But within a few minutes the car was a ball of flames and police diverted traffic via the Whitstable slip road while firefighters put out the blaze and the vehicle was removed.