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Sugar on road shuts part of A14 after lorry fire

Rachael McMenemy
Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue A lorry with clear smoke and fire damage on the road. There is black debris on the road with smoke billowing from the lorry's shell. A small volume of flame can be seen above the front wheel and a firefighter is kneeling down in front of the lorry on the road. Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue
Sugar was spread across the carriageway, the fire service said

Part of the A14 has been shut for a second day after a lorry fire left sugar on the road.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue was called to reports of a lorry blaze on the A14 westbound near Catworth at 09:59 BST on Thursday.

National Highways has shut the road between junction 22 for Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, and junction 13 for Thrapston, Northamptonshire.

The vehicle has been recovered but specialist contractors have had to "clear the load of sugar from the carriageway", it added.

A diversion is in place as one lane of the road needed to be completely resurfaced overnight, National Highways said.

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