Saudi firefighters have put out a blaze on the Makkah-Jeddah expressway, authorities said on Tuesday.
The fire was caused after a tanker carrying petroleum was involved in a road accident.
Provincial authorities said ten vehicles had caught fire, but that there were no injuries.
A video posted to the Makkah region’s official Twitter account showed cars driving by a raging fire stretching across the central divide of the highway. Shortly after, vehicles were diverted away from the scene.
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Civil Defense teams at the site eventually managed to control the fire, authorities announce soon after 2 a.m. on Tuesday.
The highway, also known as the Haramain Expressway, is the key route into the holy city of Makkah from the west.
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