Car burns out on A10, closing tunnel and ramp

A car belonging to a 69-year-old man from Germany burned out on the A10 Tauern motorway near Villach-West on Sunday afternoon, ORF reported. No one was injured.

At about 4.15pm, the driver noticed smoke coming from the engine compartment and entering the cabin as he headed towards Salzburg. He pulled onto the hard shoulder and got out. The car was soon engulfed in flames.

Thirty firefighters from the volunteer fire brigades of Töplitsch and Feistritz an der Drau brought the blaze under control. The car was towed away.

The motorway entrance at Villach-West and the Oswaldiberg tunnel were closed to all traffic towards Salzburg until 5pm, a closure of about 45 minutes.