A car “exploded” into flames in Upper Holloway this afternoon.
The London Fire Brigade received 15 phone calls at about 12.40pm reporting that a car was ablaze in Holloway Road at the junction with St John’s Grove.
Firefighters extinguished the flames by about 1pm.
Onlooker John Dickson told the Gazette: “I didn’t see the initial bang but I ear it because I was walking down the Holloway Road after an unsuccessful attempt to find some food. I heard the bang, like a small explosion. I was probably a thousands yards away and I still heard it.
“The car was ablaze. The fire brigade were there within minutes and they put it out. I have no idea why it set alight.”
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