India, June 23 -- A major tanker fire brought the M1 motorway to a standstill on Monday evening, forcing a full northbound shutdown between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire while the incident triggered long delays during peak travel hours, with drivers caught in slow-moving queues across one of the UK's busiest transport corridors.

M1 Traffic Update Today

National Highways confirmed that all northbound lanes were closed on the M1 between Junction 26 (Nuthall) and Junction 28 (Pinxton) while emergency services were deployed immediately as smoke and fire spread across the carriageway.

M1 Traffic Update Today: What Happened on the M1?

A tanker vehicle caught fire while travelling northbound, prompting an urgent response from fire crews and...