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| Candle lorry fire coats A370 in Bristol in wax | Candle lorry fire coats A370 in Bristol in wax |
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| One of Bristol's busiest roads has been shut after a lorry carrying candles caught fire, depositing a pool of melted wax on the road. | One of Bristol's busiest roads has been shut after a lorry carrying candles caught fire, depositing a pool of melted wax on the road. |
| Callers to the BBC reported hearing a "loud explosion" and seeing "large plumes of smoke" over the Cumberland Basin just after 16:00 BST. | Callers to the BBC reported hearing a "loud explosion" and seeing "large plumes of smoke" over the Cumberland Basin just after 16:00 BST. |
| Other eye witnesses reported pieces of debris landing in a nearby park. | Other eye witnesses reported pieces of debris landing in a nearby park. |
| The driver told the BBC the lorry was carrying 46 pallets of Yankee candles and was heading for Italy. | The driver told the BBC the lorry was carrying 46 pallets of Yankee candles and was heading for Italy. |
| "I looked in my driver's mirror and I could see smoke, said driver Alan Feeney. | |
| "I thought 'if I get out of the cab I can drop the trailer and save the load', but I couldn't. It just went up. There's a lot of flammable goods on it." | |
| A police spokesman described it as a "severe lorry fire" and said the road was expected to remain closed for several hours. | A police spokesman described it as a "severe lorry fire" and said the road was expected to remain closed for several hours. |
| Motorists are advised to avoid the area. | Motorists are advised to avoid the area. |
| The A370 Cumberland Basin system is one of the main traffic arteries in and out of the city towards Weston-super-Mare. | The A370 Cumberland Basin system is one of the main traffic arteries in and out of the city towards Weston-super-Mare. |