City centre road in Sunderland partly closed as emergency services tackle vehicle fire

Footage from the scene shows the road partly blocked by a police van with a fire appliance and firefighters also at the scene.

A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “Shortly after 1.30pm today, we received a report of a vehicle on fire on St Michael’s Way in Sunderland.

“Emergency services are in attendance and no-one is believed to have been injured.

“A section of the road is currently closed to allow for removal of the vehicle.”

Tyne and Wear Fire and rescue Service have confirmed they were on the scene in just four minutes.

A spokesman said: “We can confirm that earlier this afternoon at 1.11pm our Fire Control team received an emergency call about reports of a vehicle being on-fire in Sunderland City Centre.

“A crew from Sunderland Central Community Fire Station were deployed to the incident on St. Michael’s Way and were on-scene within four-minutes.  The firefighters assessed the situation and safely extinguished the car fire. 

“No injuries were reported. Our blue light colleagues from Northumbria Police were also in attendance.

“The crew left the scene at 1.29pm.”