Firefighters arrived on scene and used fire hoses to swiftly bring the fire under control, before making the scene safe for the affected portion of the road to be reopened to traffic.
The driver of a VW Polo was lucky to escape unhurt after his car caught fire while driving on the N12 westbound next to the Jet Park off-ramp on July 23.
The incident left the car destroyed, with the charred bodywork of the vehicle becoming a chalky grey.
Onlookers on the scene told the Advertiser that the driver was reportedly seen hastily pulling off into the emergency lane and exiting the car, which was shrouded in a cloud of smoke.
The car subsequently burst into flames, forcing police to soon afterwards close part of the westbound motorway for about an hour.
Traffic came to a standstill after a car recently caught fire on the N12 near the Jet Park off-ramp in Boksburg.
Traffic came to a standstill, also resulting in traffic congestion on the southbound exit as some motorists tried to avoid the scene shortly after the incident happened.
According to DEMS spokesperson William Ntladi, the fire prompted a combined response from the Primrose and Albertina Sisulu Corridor fire stations, after they received the call at about 13:30.
“Crews arrived in two fire engines to find the Polo in the emergency lane and already engulfed in flames. Firefighters were quick to extinguish the blaze, but it took a bit longer to cool the entire wreckage.
This is the burnt-out remains of the VW Polo which caught fire while on the N12 Freeway.
“The driver of the vehicle escaped without injuries and one lane was temporarily closed for safety reasons,” explained Ntladi.
The cause of the fire is still to be determined and the scene was handed over to the EMPD for further investigations.
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Emergency services were called to the scene to deal with the fire, which left the charred bodywork of the vehicle a chalky grey.
The drivesr of this car was reportedly seen hastily exiting it as caught fire while driving on the N12 in Boksburg.
The driver of this car managed to escape unhurt as it started going into flames while driving on the N12 in Boksburg.
This is the burnt-out remains of the VW Polo which caught fire while on the N12 Freeway.
Firefighters were quick to bring the fires under control, but traffic remained at a standstill for about an hour as the crews were busy cooling the entire wreckage. The incident forced authorities to close part of the freeway for about an hour.
This is the wreckage left behind after the VW Polo was destroyed by fire on the N12.
Firefighters arrived on scene and used fire hoses to swiftly bring the fire under control, before making the scene safe for the affected portion of the road to be reopened to traffic.
The incident forced authorities to close part of the westbound motorway for about an hour.
