The A35 Eastbound carriageway between the Stinsford roundabout and the Troy Town turn-off was closed today (6th August) due to a bin lorry which had caught fire .
Three fire crews attended the incident and reported that there had been oil spillage making the road slippery.
There is congestion back to the Monkey’s Jump roundabout and although the Westbound carriageway, which had been closed earlier, was eventually reopened traffic was moving very slowly past the scene.
As of 16:15 the road remained closed Eastbound for emergency repairs.
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