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A14 traffic clears after lorry blaze at Suffolk border saw road shut for hours




A14 traffic has cleared after a lorry blaze just over the Suffolk border saw firefighters battle the fire for around four hours.

The road was closed westbound as emergency services fought the fire in a removals truck, which was reported at 9am, in a lay-by between Milton and Stow Cum Quy.

More than 30 firefighters tackled the inferno, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said, on the road which connects Suffolk with the the west of the country.

Firefighters tackle the blaze on the A14 Picture: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Twitter (49927159)
Firefighters tackle the blaze on the A14 Picture: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Twitter (49927159)

And Suffolk crews from Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill were called to help put out the fire, as well as ones from Cambridgeshire.

The bust westbound carriage way was re-opened by emergency services at 1pm, but until then police were diverting people around the road closure.

Lorry fire on the A14 near Cambridge. Picture: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (49927278)
Lorry fire on the A14 near Cambridge. Picture: Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (49927278)

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