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Men flee as car bursts into flames
10:04pm Tuesday 31st July 2007
Comments (4)A BMW burst into flames as its owners drove onto the A23.
Dozens of people called West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service when they spotted the red car burning in a layby tonight.
Two men had to escape from the car when it caught fire as they pulled onto the northbound carriageway between Pyecombe and Muddleswood at the Henfield turn-off.
Emergency services were called at 7.38pm. Sussex Police shut the left-hand lane while firefighters from Brighton and Keymer put out the flames.
The fire was out by 8.09pm. The car was completely destroyed.
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bob, lewes says...
11:26am Wed 1 Aug 07
Andy R, Hove says...
1:04pm Wed 1 Aug 07
John wrote:Calm down! The key word in that "throwaway request" is "Did". No-one will have done it at the behest of the Argus because...er...the incident had already happened. In any case, nothing in the report says that people should not act safely and responsibly. Taking the "blame culture" a bit far here aren't we??
And if someone did stop to take pictures for the Argus, and got shunted, caused another crash, or got injured or killed, would the Argus willingly pay the compensation? How irresponsible that throw-away request is.
Jeremy Clarkson, pontyfendegraid says...
11:44pm Thu 2 Aug 07
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John, Brunswick says...
11:41pm Tue 31 Jul 07