A Swindon road has been closed as parents pick up their children from a nearby school after a bollard caught fire on a roundabout’s traffic island.
Whitworth Road was closed by police between the Thames Avenue and Olive Grove as firefighters worked to tackle the blaze which has destroyed the bollard.
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The road reopened at around 3.30pm.