Firefighters tackled a blaze on a lorry carrying highly combustible ammonium nitrate on Sunday night as it travelled down the M5. Police closed the southbound carriageway between junctions 24 and 25, Bridgwater and Taunton, as two crews and a water carrier from Bridgwater tackled the fire at 9.14pm. A tyre fitter was called to replace a tyre badly damaged by the flames, but the lorry driver's cargo was not affected.
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