Lorry bursts into flames while carrying sawdust disrupting two major motorways

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Horror photos reveal the shocking moment a HGV lorry carrying sawdust burst into flames, causing major rush hour disruption on two major motorways.The blaze erupted in an HGV just prior to 10.20am as at least four fire engines from the West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) raced to the scene at Rockingstone Interchange close to junction 22 on the M62.

The images from the scene show the lorry completely gutted by the fire, with just the framework left standing, the Mirror reports.Traffic was stopped to a halt as firefighters tackled it, with a stretch of the M62 heading from Greater Manchester to West Yorkshire remaining closed this evening.

Disruption is also affecting the M60.Emergency services shut the motorway before extending the closure back to junction 20. Delays of up to 30 minutes continued on the M62 eastbound this evening, as National Highways continued what they described as a "complex recovery".

Lanes have been opened on the westbound motorway.An earlier update from National Highways this afternoon said: "The closure is being extended back to J20 to allow a better diversion route and to reduce the delays between J20 and J22.”The load of sawdust on board the lorry meant it proved "difficult to fully extinguish" as it "kept reigniting", National Highways said in another update.