M40 van fire closes off two lanes for almost two hours

Firefighters from Gerrards Cross, Beaconsfield and Langley were called out to the southbound carriageway between junctions 1A and 1 yesterday (April 2).

Highways England tweeted at 9.40pm to say lanes one and two were closed.

#M40 J1A to J1 lane all lanes are now open #GerrardsCross #Denhamhttps://t.co/3oYX5zhnIg

— Highways England (@HighwaysEAST) April 2, 2021

They then tweeted again just after 11pm to say one lane had been opened.

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All lanes were reopened just before 11.30pm.

Fire crews used two hose reels, two sets of breathing apparatus and a thermal imaging camera.