Onlookers watched in shock as a van burst into flames in a car park near Boston.

The sky was filled with plumes of black smoke as the van became engulfed in the blaze in the Station Cafe car park just off the B1192, near the Witham and Blues restaurant.

Pictures taken by a passing motorist sent to Lincolnshire Live show the vehicle well alight as of around 1.35pm on Sunday, April 21.


It intensified the heat on an already sweltering day in Lincolnshire as holidaymakers travelled across the country to get to the coast.

It is not clear how the van came to be on fire but we will bring you more when we have it.

An eyewitness said: "When I passed, people were watching and there were no fire fighters.

"There was black smoke visible in the sky from the other side of the river. 

"People were stood recording while it burnt away."