Traffic has become backed up on a busy Perth freeway after a car became engulfed in flames on Thursday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a van on fire on Mitchell Freeway near the Hodges Drive exit just before 3.30pm.
Three firefighting crews worked to put out the blaze. The crews got it under control just before 4pm and the fire was fully extinguished by 4.15pm.
Mitchell Freeway northbound at Ocean Reef Road has been closed and police are diverting traffic.
Main Roads are urging drivers to take an alternative route.