A blazing car caused chaos in Lewisham last night (Feb 10).

It is believed the vehicle erupted in flames in Brookmill Road at around 10pm last night and the road was closed off for an hour.

The London Fire Brigade arrived at 11.26pm and the blaze was out by 11.35pm

Transport for London's tweeted from its  feed at around 11.30pm:‏ "A2210 Brookmill Road, Lewisham - blocked due to a vehicle fire.

"Emergency services on-scene.

"Traffic flowing well surrounding area."

A number of buses were also diverted but Brookmill Road was reopened at around 12.30am.

Twitter user @iamjamespeterr said: "Just seen an area police unit, trauma paramedic vehicle and an ambulance shoot past?"