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23.09.2023 - 20:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Mobile phone footage captured the dramatic moment firefighters tackled a car blaze near Manchester city centre tonight.
The Fiat 500 burst into flames after waiting at lights in Blackfriars in Salford. Eye-witnesses reported the driver managed to get out and called the emergency services when his attempts to tackle the fire failed.
Moments later firefighters from Salford Central fire station were on the scene to douse the flames as residents and passers-by watched the drama unfold.
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Tomasz Zaustowicz, 41, an IT consultant who lives nearby, captured the fire on his mobile and later told the M.E.N: "It was definitely an unusual thing to see and it was definitely a dramatic view. I'm very happy nobody got injured.
"It was just on my way home when I saw it. I could see a person running around with a small extinguisher trying to put it out. It looked like they must have stopped at the traffic lights when it happened."
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: "Just before 7pm this evening (Saturday 23rd September), one fire engine from Salford Central fire station was called to reports of a vehicle fire on Blackfriars Road, Salford.
"The crew arrived quickly at the scene. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel and water jet to extinguish the fire.
"Firefighters were in attendance for around forty minutes.”
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