10:00am Monday 17th March 2008
By Anna Nalborczyk
A LORRY carrying chemicals caught fire on the M50 on Sunday afternoon (16/03/08).
The lorry was travelling on the westbound carriageway between junction three and four.
Fire crews from Hereford, Ledbury and Ross-on-Wye attended the scene just after 3pm.
The road was closed and police enforced a diversion.
The fire started in the engine part of the vehicle and firefighters spent three and a half hours extinguishing the fire and clearing up chemicals.
Health and safety officials, the Environment Agency and the Highways Agency were also at the scene.
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