M1 traffic: Huge lorry fire shuts busy motorway with motorists urged to avoid area or risk travel chaos

Traffic officers are warning drivers to avoid a busy motorway route following an accident, with emergency services remaining in attendance.

The M1 in Derbyshire is closed northbound between J28 near Pinxton and J29A near Mansfield/Stainsby due to a lorry fire.

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue are working at the scene with National Highways warning of long delays as Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit deals with the incident.

There are currently delays of 45 minutes northbound and 30 minutes southbound, with an estimated four miles of congestion both ways.

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Traffic is slowly being released past the scene on the M1 northbound following the lorry fire, although the carriageway remains closed.

A spokesperson for Derbyshire Fire and Rescue said: “The fire involving a lorry on the M1 northbound between junction 28 and junction 29, near to Tibshelf Services, is now out.

“Firefighters were called to the fire at 8:48 hours today.

“Fire crews from Chesterfield, Alfreton, Clay Cross with a water carrier, and Nottinghamshire’s Ashfield, remain on scene dampening down. Lane closures remain in place to allow for emergency services to deal with the incident.”

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