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Part of M25 shut after lorry fire

National Highways A traffic camera's view of a motorway. There is heavy congestion on the left-hand carriageway - full of lorries and cars. The other carriageway is fairly busy, but traffic is moving.National Highways

Two lanes of the M25 are shut for resurfacing works after a lorry fire in Essex overnight.

The clockwise carriageway was shut at about 03:00 BST between junction 27 for the M11 and junction 28 for Brentwood, National Highways reported.

Inspectors found one lane of the carriageway needed to be resurfaced.

Drivers have been warned of delays of 20 minutes and two miles (3.2km) of congestion on approach.

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