A VAN driver escaped without injury after his vehicle caught fire on the M61.
Firefighters were called to junction four at 12.50pm yesterday after the driver had pulled over to the hard shoulder.
He had been driving towards Kearsley when smoke began pouring from the engine of his Vauxhall Astra van. The engine was badly damaged in the fire.
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