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Lanes reopened on M25 following car fire

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Fraser Whieldon

Published: 3:08 PM January 26, 2018    Updated: 3:02 PM November 1, 2020
The M25 this afternoon. The car on fire is shown on the bottom left with a fire engine in the top ri

The M25 this afternoon. The car on fire is shown on the bottom left with a fire engine in the top right of the photo with a queue of traffic in the top left. Photo: Highways England. - Credit: Archant

Two lanes have reopened on the M25 anti-clockwise following a car fire near to St Albans.

Police were called around 1.13pm to reports a BMW was alight on the hard shoulder between junctions 21A and 22, and smoke was drifting across the highway.

Firefighters from St Albans and Garston used a hose reel to extinguish the blaze, which they achieved by 1.37pm.

It is not believed anyone was injured.

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