Moment car is engulfed by flames outside Buckingham Palace

Moment car is engulfed by flames outside Buckingham Palace ‘after crashing into barrier next to bike lane’

• Emergency services rushed to road close by to Horse Guards Parade yesterday
• Firefighters put out the blaze as the front of the black saloon car had set alight
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Dramatic footage shows a car engulfed in flames outside London’s Buckingham Palace. 

Emergency services rushed to reports of a road traffic incident on the road close by to Horse Guards Parade at around 7.20am yesterday. 

A car had crashed into a barrier by the bike lane. It was not thought to be treated as a terror incident, police said.

In the video firefighters can be seen putting out the blaze as the front of the black saloon car had set alight with black smoke billowing from it.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze, while emergency service workers could be heard shouting at cyclists to stay away. 

Emergency services rushed to reports of a road traffic incident on the road close by to Horse Guards Parade

Firefighters can be seen putting out the blaze as the front of the black saloon car had set alight

A man in his 20s is thought to have been the driver of the car. He suffered no serious injuries.  

Hotel worker Oliver Aladi, 21, was returning from a night shift when he saw it. 

He said he saw the front of the car crash into a barrier by the bike lane.   

‘The police weren’t treating it like a terror incident. 

‘The ground was pretty wet so maybe it slipped. There were not many cars around at that time in the morning so maybe it lost control and went straight into the barrier. 

‘I think it was a Mercedes or BMW. I didn’t see anybody being injured or being treated. 

‘I don’t know if that’s what caused the fire, by the time I got there it was already up in flames,’ he said. 

The Met Police said: ‘At around 07:20hrs on Saturday, January 21 a car collided with railings by Canada Gate, in The Mall SW1. 

‘London Fire Brigade were requested after the car caught fire. 

‘Road closures were put in place. The driver, a man aged in his 20s, suffered no serious injuries. 

‘The incident is not being treated as suspicious.’ 

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