{"id":367379,"date":"2025-08-23T14:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367379\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T14:01:12","slug":"car-bursts-into-flames-on-glasgow-motorway-as-drivers-stuck-in-queues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367379\/","title":{"rendered":"Car bursts into flames on Glasgow motorway as drivers stuck in queues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mini was well alight by the time mercy crews arrived on the scene.\"TheThe Mini on fire on the M77.(Image: Supplied)<\/p>\n

A car burst into flames on a Glasgow motorway<\/a> as drivers were stuck in long tailbacks.<\/p>\n

Footage from the scene shows a Mini well alight <\/a>on the hard shoulder as traffic <\/a>snakes slowly past the scene on the southbound carriageway.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred on the M77 after 8pm on Friday August 22, close to Newton Mearns, between junctions<\/a> four and five, reports Glasgow Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The front end of the vehicle is shown engulfed in flames in the video, with the engine apparently ablaze<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An eye-witness said traffic was backed-up behind the blaze<\/a> with drivers urged to avoid the route.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service confirmed multiple calls<\/a> had been made to report a vehicle on fire on the hard shoulder on the M77 southbound between junctions 4 and 5 around 8.21pm.<\/p>\n

Two fire engines attended and the fire was extinguished.<\/p>\n

Firefighters left the scene, with the matter left with Police Scotland<\/a> who have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mini was well alight by the time mercy crews arrived on the scene.The Mini on fire on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,128629,21905,530,712,1143,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-367379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-mini","12":"tag-newton-mearns","13":"tag-police-scotland","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-scottish-fire-and-rescue-service","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115078449683746495","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}