Updated 2.52 pm 

A car was engulfed by flames while on the road on Thursday morning, with rescuers on the site working to put it out. 

Footage shows the car stopped right outside the Ta Giorni Tunnels on Regional Road, on the carriageway heading towards Msida, with flames snaking from underneath the car bonnet and engulfing the front of the car. 

A driver escaped injury after the fire in her car.

The female driver of the Range Rover was behind the wheel when the fire started. She was treated in an ambulance at the scene.

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The road was blocked off to traffic following the incident and to deal with a minor oil spill.  Motorists reported long tailbacks of traffic on the busy road. 

A car was seen engulfed by flames on Regional Road

Correction: An earlier version of the article stated that the driver was a man and was treated in hospital.

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