A CAR fire on the A64 created a nine-mile tailback this morning.

Queues on the westbound carriageway stretched from the A1 to Bilbrough Top, after the Ford Fusion car burst into flames at 8am.

999 crews including police, the fire service and Yorkshire Ambulance all attended the scene, and one lane was closed while firefighters tackled the blaze.

Fire fighters used a hose reel jet and breating apparatus to extinguish the flames. Nobody was hurt.

Sadie Haigh captured this video of the fire.