FLAMES tore through a motorhome at a junction on the A66 in North Yorkshire.

The large campervan was destroyed by the fire on a stretch of the trunk road near Hutton Magna on Wednesday.

The Northern Echo:

GUTTED: The motorhome which caught fire on the A66 near the County Durham/North Yorkshire boundary Picture: CDDFRS

Fire crews from Barnard Castle and North Yorkshire attended the blaze following a report at 10.27am.

Four firefighters used breathing apparatus to extinguish the flames.

The Northern Echo:

DESTROYED: Firefighters on the scene 

Rob Cherrie, group manager at County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service, said the van was burnt out.

Nobody was injured in the incident.