THE front end of a car caught fire while the motorist was queuing at traffic lights in Slough town centre.

A male motorist called firefighters after his engine set on fire in Wellington Street, next to Slough Bus Station, at around 1pm on Wednesday.

A crew from Slough Fire Station closed the road, extinguished the fire and moved the car to the side of the road.

Blue watch manager Chris Bagshaw said: "It was quite a significant fire."

They left the scene at around 1.30pm.

Passer by Jasneet Badyal posted this picture (right) on Twitter.