Taxi destroyed by fire on A52 near Wainfleet
Firefighters were called to tackle a taxi fire on the A52 near Wainfleet over the weekend.
Crews from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue were alerted to the incident at 11.25pm last night (Sunday) after reports of a vehicle on fire on the Wainfleet bypass.
Firefighters from Skegness Fire Station attended the scene and used a hose reel jet and breathing apparatus to extinguish the blaze.
A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue said the cause of the fire was later identified as an engine fault.
The vehicle involved was a white Ford hybrid taxi van.
Witness Blake Young, who supplied a photograph, told Lincolnshire World the taxi had had just dropped customers off.
No injuries have been reported.
The incident happened on the stretch of road near the railway crossing as motorists leave Skegness towards Wainfleet.