THE car fire on the A420 Eastbound near Buckland has now been extinguished and all lanes are open.

The car is in a layby and there is still heavy traffic.

There were delays of up to 20 minutes but this should now ease.

Oxfordshire County Council tweeted the alert earlier.

A fire ripped through a car on the M40 between Junction 9 (Wendlebury) and Junction 8A (Wheatley services) on Easter Sunday. 

Vehicles queued for miles behind the incident.