Damn lorry fire #M1 – Gonna be late home !!! pic.twitter.com/CRhcTKMn53 — Max Earey (@MaxEarey) December 8, 2014We continue to work hard to repair the road following a severe lorry fire within J18 #M1 s/b which damaged the tarmac covering.

Long delays — Highways Agency (@HAtraffic_emids) December 9, 2014Stuck at the fire for a while so got the Nikons out .. Firefighters laying low to attack the flames ! pic.twitter.com/6MW9jvx59P — Max Earey (@MaxEarey) December 8, 2014[one_fourth]

“I could see something on fire in the distance but cars were still getting by — then a couple of lorries stopped to hold the traffic back as they could tell it might get a whole lot worse, which it did,” he told reporters.

“There were a couple of explosions and then the emergency services turned up.”

The M1 is still closed, with traffic being routed off the motorway and back on again at Junction 18. No one was injured in the fire.

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