Update issued after M6 fire involving trailer of wheat causes delays
All lanes have been reopened.
All lanes have now reopened on a stretch of the M6 in Staffordshire following a blaze involving a trailer carrying wheat yesterday.
Fire crews rushed to the scene of the incident near Stafford on Wednesday evening.
Late last night three lanes of the northbound motorway between Junctions 13 and 14 remained closed while Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service crews worked to control the fire.
National Highways West Midlands said firefighters used grab trucks to remove wheat from a fire-damaged trailer.
National Highways West Midlands posted on X at 1.35am that all lanes had reopened.
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