The M54 has been closed in Shropshire after a lorry transporting about 70 tonnes of hay caught fire.

The motorway's westbound carriageway was shut between junctions three for Albrighton and four for Telford when the blaze broke out on Tuesday evening.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said six fire engines were deployed to the incident shortly before 18:30 BST and the blaze was extinguished.

The road remained closed on Wednesday morning, National Highways said, while recovery and clean-up crews were at the scene.

A diversion has been put in place and emergency resurfacing would need to be carried out, National Highways added.

Travel monitoring system Inrix reported at about 06:30 that traffic had started queuing on the carriageway.

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