RUSH hour commuters are being warned of ‘severe delays’ on the M6 will last well into the evening.
Traffic was held for 50 minutes between junction 19 and 18 on the M6 southbound on Thursday, February 26 after a lorry caught fire on a smart motorway section.
Firefighters were called to the carriageway at 11.52am and found the lorry well alight on arrival.
The has been extinguished by the clean-up operation is ongoing, and drivers have been warned to expect severe delays of up to 40 minutes until 7.45pm this evening.
The delays are only expected to get worse as traffic builds on the motorway during the evening rush hour.
A spokesman for Highways England said: “Drivers are currently experiencing up to 40-minute delays, with normal traffic conditions not expected to return until 7.45pm.”
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