Tanker Explosion on the M6, Warwickshire

Terrified drivers abandoned their cars and ran for their lives after this chemical tanker exploded into a 50ft fireball on a busy motorway. Four firefighters and one motorist needed hospital treatment after being overcome by the toxic fumes billowing from the tanker after it was engulfed in flames on the M6 north of Coventry. Police closed both lanes of the motorway between junction 3 and 4 while the Highways Agency set up a 1,600ft exclusion zone while drivers were evacuated from their cars. Four firefighters and a driver are being treated at the scene of a chemical tanker fire on the M6, north of Coventry.