M4 delays: Motorway shut after fuel lorry fire
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The fire broke out at about 14:30 BST on the M4 eastbound, close to Membury Services
A lorry loaded with hydrogen fuel cylinders caught fire and shut a motorway.
The fire broke out on the M4 eastbound between junction 15 at Swindon and junction 14 at Hungerford at about 14:30 BST.
The motorway was closed in both directions. Both carriageways were reopened at about 16:50 after the cylinders were made safe.
No one has been injured.
Both carriageways were reopened at about 16:50 but tailbacks remained
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