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Massive jam after car catches fire on CTE

SINGAPORE — A car caught fire on the Central Expressway (CTE) towards the Seletar Expressway at around 4.15pm on Wednesday (Feb 17), causing a massive traffic jam.

A car caught fire on the Central Expressway, towards Seletar Expressway, on Feb 17, 2016. Photo: Adeline Ng via Channel NewsAsia

A car caught fire on the Central Expressway, towards Seletar Expressway, on Feb 17, 2016. Photo: Adeline Ng via Channel NewsAsia

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SINGAPORE — A car caught fire on the Central Expressway (CTE) towards the Seletar Expressway at around 4.15pm on Wednesday (Feb 17), causing a massive traffic jam.

Channel NewsAsia understands the incident near the Jalan Bahagia exit involved a Toyota Estima, and the inferno caused a tailback of about 5km on the expressway.

An eyewitness, Mr Seet, said the fire was coming out of the bonnet and bottom of the car, which was located along the road shoulder.

Ms Adeline Ng, who shared video of the incident said her partner heard a car horn sounding from the direction of the expressway for about 15 minutes, and then a boom.

Channel NewsAsia understands that the fire had been put out by 5pm, and there were no injuries reported. CHANNEL NEWSASIA

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