The fire service has shared an update after a lorry blaze triggered a huge emergency response this morning (Monday, January 12).
Avon Fire and Rescue crews were called to New Gatton Road in St Werburgh's at 10.05am to reports of a lorry on fire.
Crews from Avonmouth, Temple, Southmead and Bedminster rushed to the scene to deal with the blaze that resulted in one lane of the M32 being closed for a short period.
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A spokesperson for Avon Fire and Rescue Service said: "We were called at 10.05am this morning to reports of a lorry on fire on New Gatton Road, St Werburgh's.
"The fire involves a trailer and an articulated lorry. Crews from Avonmouth, Temple, Southmead and Bedminster are in attendance.
"They are using 45mm jets to extinguish the fire."
Lane one of the M32 northbound between junctions two and three was closed for around 20 minutes as fire crews dealt with the blaze.
The fire was extinguished by around 11.15am, and the fire service then provided an update on their response.
The spokesperson said: "Lorry has been moved into the grounds of local metal yard, away from side of M32.
"Crews used 45mm jets to extinguish the fire, before emptying the lorry of its contents and now remain on scene damping down the area."
Local bin collector, Grant Toomer, said that the lorry was backed into a local metal yard and fire crews remain on the scene.
Avon Fire and Rescue said that the fire was an "accidental ignition", and the Bedminster fire station added in a tweet that the cause is "unknown at this time".
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