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M5 lorry fire

The incident happened at around 6.30am and involved an articulated lorry loaded with stone travelling northbound between junctions 7 and 6.


Two fire appliances from Worcester and one from Droitwich attended, and on arrival, crews found a wheel on the front tractor unit of the vehicle on fire. Two firefighters in breathing apparatus used one hose reel jet to tackle the fire, bringing it under control by 7am.

Watch Commander Dave Blinston said: "Crews extinguished the fire quickly and efficiently, with no one injured and as little disruption as possible to motorway traffic."

The Highways Agency also attended, re-opening two lanes of the northbound carriageway as soon as it was safe to do so in order to minimise the impact of the fire on rush hour traffic.