M5 traffic live: Car fire brings motorway to a standstill in Gloucestershire

All traffic was held on a stretch of the M5 in Gloucestershire after a car fire during the evening rush-hour today (Friday, January 12). The incident happened between the Quedgeley and Gloucester/Cirencester junctions. Both northbound and southbound carriageways wer blocked due to the incident which happened at around 5.40pm The fire happened on the northbound carriageway.

At one point, only southbound traffic was being held.

Traffic was released at around 6.10pm but then northbound was shut again.

Updates will be in the blog below.