Vehicle fire causes M40 lane closures

News imageNational Highways A motorway, with traffic cones on it and two fire engines, a burned out vehicle to the left, and cars travelling past a number of cones. Emergency workers are walking on the road. There are queues of traffic. National Highways

Two lanes on a motorway were closed earlier following a vehicle fire.

The incident took place on the M40 southbound at junction two for Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, National Highways said.

The area cleared at about 07:00 BST, it added.

Emergency services attending the scene.

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