M25 traffic: Six miles of queues past Heathrow Airport after lorry catches fire

Two lanes of a major motorway have been shut after a lorry caught fire.

The blaze has started on the clockwise carriageway of the M25 between Junction 15 for the M4 and Junction 16 for the M40.

Two lanes are shut, and there is a delay for drivers of about an hour, with six miles of queuing traffic, says National Highways. Queues stretch back past the junction for Heathrow Airport.

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