Firefighters raced to the street where three vehicles were on fire within three minutes.
The fire service received reports of a vehicle fire on Grindon Lane, Sunderland shortly after 12pm on Tuesday, and had crews dealing at the scene within three minutes of the call.
Upon arrival, the two crews found that the fire had spread to two further vehicles, and cordoned off the busy residential street so crews could safely extinguish the blaze accordingly.
