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Firefighters have released striking images revealing the full scale of destruction caused by a lorry blaze on the M5 this morning (Wednesday), which has triggered widespread traffic chaos throughout Devon.
The motorway remains shut northbound between j…
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M5 Northbound closed, severe delays due to recovery work and earlier lorry fire from J30 A376 Sidmouth Road (Exeter / Service Areas) to J29 A30 Honiton Road (Exeter / Honiton).
Congestion to J31 (Okehampton turn off), with queues …
Firefighters have released striking images revealing the full scale of destruction caused by a lorry blaze on the M5 this morning (Wednesday), which has triggered widespread traffic chaos throughout Devon.
The motorway remains shut northbound between j…
5 hours agoGeorge Thorpe,Archie Farmer andZhara SimpsonSouth WestThere has been disruption on the M5 after a lorry fire forced the closure of part of the road in Devon for several hours.The fire started on the northbound side of the motorway between ju…
The fire is still not out
Shannon Brown Reporter
15:24, 15 Oct 2025
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The M5 at Exeter following a huge lorry fire (Image: Devon and Cornwall Roads Policing Team )
Residents in Exeter have been warned to k…
The M5 is closed
Shannon Brown Reporter
12:53, 15 Oct 2025Updated 13:16, 15 Oct 2025
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Firefighters are at the scene of the blaze in Exeter(Image: National Highways)
Drivers are being diverted off the M5 w…
A lorry carrying several tonnes of household waste caught fire on the M5[1] earlier today.
One lane was closed on the motorway while fire engines tackled the blaze, between junctions 28 and 29 at Exeter[2] on Thursday afternoon (October 9).
Devon and S…
A car transporter carrying electric vehicles burst into flames on the M5[1] this morning, Wednesday, October 1, closing the motorway in both directions.
A witness reported hearing explosions as the fire broke out between Cullompton services and Exeter,…
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11 hours agoZhara SimpsonSouth WestA man has died and several other people have been injured in two crashes on the M5 in Devon, police have said.Devon and Cornwall Police said a driver in his 30s from Plymouth died after a collision involving four vehi…