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Coach fire shuts M40 during morning rush hour Coach fire shuts M40 during morning rush hour
(about 11 hours later)
The M40 in Oxfordshire was closed for a number of hours during the morning rush hour due to a coach fire.The M40 in Oxfordshire was closed for a number of hours during the morning rush hour due to a coach fire.
Emergency crews were called to the fire at about 06:00 BST on the northbound carriageway between junction 6 for Watlington and junction 7 for Thame. Emergency crews were called to the blaze at about 06:00 BST on the northbound carriageway between junction 6 for Watlington and junction 7 for Thame.
Both carriageways have since reopened but one lane is still closed northbound past the scene of the blaze. Both carriageways have since reopened but one lane is closed northbound past the scene of the blaze.
There were no passengers on board the vehicle and the driver escaped uninjured. There were no passengers on board the vehicle and the driver escaped unhurt.
Oliver Jobson, who tweeted a picture of the fire, said the coach was "completely gutted and engulfed in flames." Repairs to a section of lane one on the northbound carriageway, which remains closed, are expected to take place on Tuesday.
Elaina, who was travelling southbound when she got stuck in traffic at junction 8a, told BBC Radio Oxford that three lanes of traffic were "completely stationary." Oliver Jobson, who tweeted a picture of the fire, said the coach had been "completely gutted and engulfed in flames."
"The M40 is always an issue, so one leaves with plenty of time in the morning," she added. Ginge, who got stuck in the tailbacks, came to a standstill southbound, about a mile away from the fire and could "see the smoke in the distance."
Ginge, who also got stuck in the tailbacks, came to a standstill southbound, about a mile away from the fire and could "see the smoke in the distance." "They had a rolling roadblock I think," he told BBC Radio Oxford. "They had a police car and I could see the blue lights in the distance."
"They had a rolling roadblock I think. They had a police car and I could see the blue lights in the distance," he added.