A lorry carrying 20 tons of household recycling caught fire on a road close to the M56 in the early hours of Friday.
At 6.42am, crews from Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service received reports of a "large vehicle fire" in a layby off the M56, near Ellesmere Port. Multiple fire engines arrived at the scene to find a lorry carrying "20 tons of household recycling" on fire.
Firefighters used two hose reel jets to extinguish the fire and the load from the lorry's container was emptied onto the carriageway. Only one fire engine remains at the scene currently.
