EMERGENCY services were called after a car was on fire on the M62 at Rainhill Stoops.

The fire and rescue service attended at around 4pm as a vehicle was ablaze on the motorway near to junction seven.

Firefighters spent around half an hour at the scene tackling the flames.

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A Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "We were called at 4pm to a car alight.

"The fire was extinguished at 4.21pm and we left the scene at 4.28pm.

"The police were calso called to the scene."