A SEVERE tractor fire on the B4040 roundabout in Malmesbury briefly slowed traffic.

Fire crews from Chippenham and Tetbury were called out at 7.24am to a fire in a red Manitou Agric Machine.

The cause of the fire is unknown but the fire service believes it may have been an electrical fault.

Nobody was hurt in the fire and the fire service was able to leave the scene at 8.15am.