M40 car fire causes 30 minute delays for motorway drivers

Firefighters from Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire fire and rescue services responded to the fire on the motorway northbound between Stokenchurch and Lewknor before 10am.

Get the latest traffic and travel updates for Oxfordshire^[1]

Drivers faced delays of around 30 minutes, with two lanes of the M40 shut so the emergency crews could put out the blaze.

The road was back open by 10.30am.

2 lanes (of 3) are closed on the #M40^[2] northbound between J5 (#Stokenchurch^[3]) and J6 (#Lewknor^[4]) due to a car fire.@Bucksfire^[5] are on scene.

Delays of up to 20 minutes and approx. 2 miles of congestion on approach to the incident. pic.twitter.com/qKyuGgWiWD^[6]

References

1. ^{^} Get the latest traffic and travel updates for Oxfordshire (www.oxfordmail.co.uk)
2. ^{^} #M40 (twitter.com)
3. ^{^} #Stokenchurch (twitter.com)
4. ^{^} #Lewknor (twitter.com)
5. ^{^} @Bucksfire (twitter.com)
6. ^{^} pic.twitter.com/qKyuGgWiWD (t.co)
7. ^{^} June 11, 2023 (twitter.com)