M42 traffic chaos as lorry bursts into flames sending plumes of smoke and halting cars


Traffic has been stopped on the M42 due to a “significant lorry fire”.

Pictures from the scene show a lorry engulfed in flame as traffic grinds to a halt on the busy motorway.

The road has been closed as a result. 

Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service are understood to have sent multiple vehicles to the scene of the incident. 

National Highways: West Midlands reported at 8.20pm that the “significant lorry fire” broke out on the M42 northbound between M5 and J1.

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