Car suffers engine fire in city centre street
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Firefighters were called to a Sunderland city centre today after fire broke out in a car engine.
A crew from Sunderland Central attended Burdon Road, opposite the Museum and Winter Gardens, at around 1.30pm after the engine of a Peugeot 407 caught alight.
The street came to a standstill as firefighters made the vehicle safe.
It is not yet known what exactly caused the blaze.