Live M11 traffic refreshes as genuine truck fire totally closes street in the two ways
Drivers are confronting long postponements
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All traffic is being hung on the M11 because of a genuine truck fire.
The street is shut down in the two ways from intersection 10 (A505 Duxford) to intersection 11 (A10 Cambridge Road - Cambridge South/Harston) with traffic fixed since around 6am (December 16).
There is lining traffic on the way to deal with the intersections and drivers are confronting long deferrals.
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Crisis administrations are en route to the location of the occurrence, CambridgeshireLive gets it.
The justification behind the truck fire isn't yet clear and the crisis administrations have been reached for more data.
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M11 southward is currently open
08:51
Driver hurried to emergency clinic
08:41
Fire smothered, police say
08:40
Street will be shut down 'for quite a long time's
07:52
M11 expected to stay shut 'for the duration of the morning top'
07:15
09:06JOANNA TAYLOR
Driver treated for smoke inward breath
The driver of the truck which burst into flames was treated for smoke inward breath by an emergency vehicle group, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service has said.
The M11 northward will stay shut between intersections 9 and 10 while vehicle recuperation and carriageway fixes are completed and a redirection will stay set up, they added.
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09:04JOANNA TAYLOR
Thruways England issues explanation
Expressways England has given the accompanying assertion to CambridgeshireLive.
"Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service lead the reaction to a truck which has burst into flames on the northward carriageway. A fuel spill has made the fire spread onto the southward carriageway. The mishap occurred at 0541.
"It included one weighty products vehicle and there were no wounds."
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08:53JOANNA TAYLOR
Fire has been stifled, fire administration affirms
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service has affirmed that the truck fire has been stifled.
A representative said: "The fire is presently out and the southward carriageway has opened once more. On account of drivers for your understanding. Northward remaining parts shut and traffic is being convoluted. Redirection is A11/A14."
08:46JOANNA TAYLOR
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08:43JOANNA TAYLOR
Redirections: Where to track down more data
Redirections are as of now set up northward and southward around the truck fire on the M11.
For state-of-the-art data on where these redirections will take you, kindly counsel the National Highways wesbite here: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/travel-refreshes/travel-cautions/m11-cambridgeshire-both-bearings street conclusion vehicle-fire/
08:41KEY EVENT
Driver raced to medical clinic
The driver of the truck which burst into flames toward the beginning of today was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, yet his wounds aren't believed to be hazardous, Cambridgeshire Constabulary has said.
A representative said: "We were called at 5.39am today (16 December) with reports of a truck fire on the M11 intersection 11 northward.
"The driver of the truck was taken to Addebrooke's Hospital, subtleties of wounds are indistinct however not idea to be perilous."
08:40KEY EVENT
Fire stifled, police say
The truck fire has been stifled, as per Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
Notwithstanding, National Highways and Cambs Fire have both cautioned that the M11 will stay shut between intersection 9 and 10 for the duration of the morning as the parkway is fixed.
08:36JOANNA TAYLOR
Truck fire influencing transports
The truck fire will influence Stagecoach East, the transport organization has said.
"Because of a truck fire on the M11 we have 2 transports trapped in the lines behind," they tweeted.
"This will create setbacks to the administrations today."
08:12JOANNA TAYLOR
Northward traffic being shipped off redirection course
Public Highways East has tweeted: "Traffic inside the northward conclusion is being abandoned the back of the line and delivered back to J10 where it can join the redirection course.
"Southward traffic is being held until the vehicle has been smothered and will then, at that point, be delivered. We like your understanding."
07:52KEY EVENT
Street will be shut down 'for quite a long time's
The M11 is probably going to be shut "various hours" later the fire is smothered while carriageways are fixed, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service has said.
In a tweet, they expressed: "NB expected to be shut various hours for carriageway fixes later the fire is out and truck recuperated."
In another tweet, they shared a photograph of the fire and affirmed that teams stay on the scene.
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