1800 hrs

M11 Essex – One lane closed and slow traffic on M11 northbound between J7, A414 (Harlow) and J8, A120 (Bishops Stortford), because of an earlier lorry fire and recovery work.

1400 hrs

Firefighters are tackling a fire involving the trailer of a lorry which has closed two lanes of the northbound M11 between junctions seven and eight.

The incident commander reports that the fire is in the lorry’s wheels. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are using one hose reel jet to tackle the fire.

Update: The fire was extinguished by 14:24hrs. Crrews wearing breathing apparatus used one hose reel jet to fight the fire.