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Pedestrians play football after M5 still shut due to 9.30am fire

2024-10-25 258 Dailymotion

Motorists stuck on the M5 in four mile long queues have abandoned their cars - to play a game of football on the carriageway.

A lorry carrying potentially hazardous chemicals caught fire, shutting the Somerset section between junction 22, at Burnham-on-Sea, and junction 23, from 9.30am.

Fed up drivers - who are still stuck - got out their cars for a kick at about at around 12.30pm, while they waited for the road to reopen.

Kelly Jakeman, 29, an admin assistant, from Stourbridge, Birmingham, has been stuck since 9.30am.