M1 Northbound reopens after lorry fire
Traffic on the motorway is now moving following a lorry fire.
Tweets of frustration as M1 delays now 2hrs 30mins
The are delays of up to two and a half hours on the M1 Northbound after a lorry fire in Leicestershire this morning.
It happened between J22 and J22 at 8:40am, closing the entire northbound carriageway.
Traffic is being diverted at J22, and now traffic in Loughborough is being described by one Twitter user as 'chaos'.
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