10:04pm Tuesday 31st July 2007
By Rachel Pegg
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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