Firefighters raced up the M20 to extinguish flames coming from a car on the hard shoulder.

One crew were called to the stretch between junction 11a and 12 coast-bound at Folkestone about 6.30pm yesterday.

It's understood the occupants had escaped before the fire engulfed the car.

A spokesman for Kent Fire and Rescue said: "No one was hurt.

"The car was too badly damaged to say what it was, it could have been a Citroen.

"They were driving at the time but had pulled up on the hard shoulder."

Firefighters were there for about 40 minutes.