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M4 traffic: Firefighters tackling blaze involving hay bales as motorway closed 10 JAN 2022



 M4 traffic: Firefighters handling blast including roughage bunches as motorway shut

Crisis administrations are at the scene

18:55, 10 JAN 2022

A traffic camera image of the truck fire

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The M4 is impeded in the two headings this evening (Monday, January 10) after a truck burst into flames.


The HGV was shipping roughage bunches, as per Wiltshire Police, and the street has must be shut in the two headings somewhere in the range of J16 and J17 (Chippenham) because of floating smoke.


The power added that the conclusion is supposed to endure "a lot of time".


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Flares broke out of the vehicle right away before 6pm, in any case, just a single path of the M4 westward was shut at first.


In any case, minutes after the fact, crisis teams chose to close the whole westward carriageway to manage the fire.


Public Highways declared that both the westward and eastward carriageways were shut altogether because of "floating smoke".


Wiltshire Police tweeted to say that they are on the scene to help Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue who are managing the fire.


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The power affirmed that the truck was moving roughage bundles, adding: "This conclusion is relied upon to stay set up for a lot of time".


Public Highways said that they "anticipate that the fire should require some work to put out", and Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said that five groups are at the scene managing the blast.

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