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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
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Sian Traynor

West Lothian van erupts into fireball as emergency services race to blaze

A West Lothian street was lit up on Friday evening after a parked van quickly went up in flames.

The silver vehicle had erupted into a fireball on White Street in Whitburn, with the front of the van completely engulfed in the blaze.

Images of the scene showed the flames lighting up the residential street as the fire caught a serious hold of the van.

Thought to have begun at around 10.30pm in the evening, no other cars or objects had been surrounding the van when the fire took hold.

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Emergency services had been called out to the scene in West Lothian, with further enquiries being carried out by local officers into how the blaze was started.

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A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: "Police were made aware of a van on fire in White Street, Whitburn around 10.10pm last night.

"Enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances of how the fire started."

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