Vehicle fire closes part of motorway

A large amount of refuse from the back of a lorry caught fire on a motorway.

Firefighters said they called to the M1 between junctions 15 and 15a near Northampton at about 07:10 GMT.

Two lanes of the northbound carriageway were shut.

The lorry remained at the scene but was not involved in the blaze, Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service said.