Haddington Court Street: Car catches fire on East Lothian street right outside local fire station
Emergency services were forced to scramble to a car fire in a street in Haddington.
A fire crew was called to Court Street to tackle the blaze at 10:07am on Sunday.
Images showed smoke billowing from a car, with firefighters preparing to extinguish the blaze along with an ambulance in attendance.
A witness at the scene said it appeared the fire had broken out in the car engine.
The witness said a man nearby was heard shouting “it's gonna blow”.
“We were out walking the dog when we saw all the smoke,” the witness said.
"It was covering the whole street, so it was hard to see what was on fire at first.
"A man was shouting that the car might blow up or something and to avoid it. I called 999 in case no one else had. Luckily the fire station is literally just across the road, so they were there in seconds.
"We crossed the road to keep walking and watched them putting it out. There was a crowd at this point.
"It looked like the fire was in the engine – [I certainly] felt sorry for the owner."
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said: “We are currently in attendance at a car alight in Court Street, Haddington. We got the call at 10:07am and we have an appliance in attendance.”
There were no reports of anyone injured in the incident.