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A1 reopened after crews called to lorry fire

Isaac Ashe
BBC News, East Midlands
National Highways The remains of a lorry and its cargo on the side of a main road following a fireNational Highways
A lorry was destroyed in a fire on the A1

A main road in Nottinghamshire has reopened following a lorry fire.

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to the vehicle fire on the northbound carriageway of the A1 near Carlton-on-Trent at about 07:25 BST.

National Highways said the northbound side of the road had been shut between the Great North Road at North Muskham and the Carlton-on-Trent junction.

One lane opened at about 10:00 and National Highways confirmed all lanes had reopened at about 13:25.

Colin Brown Queues of traffic towards the scene of the fire with a thick plume of black smoke rising into the skyColin Brown
The fire sent a plume of smoke into the sky near Carlton-on-Trent

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