Motorway closed in both directions after lorry bursts into flames
A motorway has shut after a lorry burst into flames this morning.
A motorway has shut after a lorry burst into flames this morning.
The A1M in South Yorkshire closed in both directions after a lorry caught on fire.
The closure is between J34 Blyth and J35 Wadworth J35 near Tickhill around 20 miles outside Sheffield.
Drivers should expect delays until 12.15pm, National Highways warned.
Shocking footage showed a blue container lorry engulfed in flames on the northbound lane.
East Midlands Ambulance Service received reports of a fire just before 8am today.
A spokesperson said: ‘We sent a paramedic in a solo response car which has since left the scene after it was identified there were no patients which required treatment.’
Diversions are in place northbound via the A614 and A638 to the M180 and M18.
Motorists heading south should follow the square symbol using the above roads in reverse order, National Highways said.
Firefighters are on the scene tackling the blaze.
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