Van fire – A1 - Peterborough

07/08/2026 4.16PM

At 4.16pm on Friday (7) crews from Dogsthorpe and Stanground, along with the north roaming fire engine and a crew from Stamford in Lincolnshire, were called to a fire on the A1.

Firefighters arrived to find a fire involving a food van in a layby on the northbound carriageway near Carpenter’s Lodge, spreading to a hedgerow and field. Wearing breathing apparatus they extinguished the fire using hose reels and returned to their stations by 6.20pm.

The cause of the fire was accidental.