HGV fire on M11

UPDATE 8:20PM

Crews have left the scene and Highways England and Essex Police will continue to work on the carriageway in an effort to open it as soon as possible.

Police say it is unlikely the northbound carriageway will reopen before midnight and the southbound carriageway is unlikely to open before 8am tomorrow.

Station Manager Dave Bond said: "I would like to thank everyone involved in bringing this incident to a safe conclusion - and in particular our Control team who received dozens of calls with conflicting reports but still managed to get crews to the scene quickly."

UPDATE 18:30PM

Crews have the fire under control but the road will be closed into the evening so the debris can be cleared.

Station Manager Dave Bond said: "The articulated lorry was carrying aerosol cans which exploded and scattered across both sides of the carriageway. Thankfully the driver was not badly hurt.

"I must praise crews who worked extremely hard to establish a water supply in such a remote location and quickly get the incident under control.

"Unfortunately, the road will be closed for some time due to the extent of the fire."

18:05PM

Crews are tackling a fire involving an HGV on the M11.

Firefighters were called to the southbound carriageway between Duxford (Junction 10) and Stansted Airport (Junction 8) today at 4.57pm and discovered an HGV completely alight.

The carriageway is closed in both directions.

Crews from Newport, Saffron Walden, Dunmow, Stansted and Hawkwell (Incident Command Vehicle) are in attendance.

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