M1 Closed both ways 28-29 4/6/14

Highways agency site says it’s a vehicle fire.

One to avoid if possible.

Wants avoiding when the roads empty

Passed this just after the fire brigade arrived en scene.
A large horse box rigid, appeared to have had an LPG cylinder come loose, and was on the road under the chassis.
Another fire appliance was travelling south to the scene.
If this was the incident (the time is right), closing M1 both ways appears OTT!

mi13ke:
…appeared to have had an LPG cylinder come loose, and was on the road under the chassis…closing M1 both ways appears OTT!

Not if there’s the potential for an un-guided missile flying about, I’d have thought.

Ask Diesel Dave the Adr expert what happens when a Lpg explodes.It goes in all directions and will chop you in half or behead you.If they did not shut the road and somebody was killed.
The first thing the public would say is they should have shut the road.