{"id":172432,"date":"2025-10-01T09:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172432\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T09:05:08","slug":"drivers-trapped-on-the-m5-as-electric-car-fire-rages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172432\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers trapped on the M5 as electric car fire rages"},"content":{"rendered":"

They could be stuck for hours\"TheThe car transporter and electric vehicle blaze on the M5 in Devon<\/p>\n

Motorists are trapped on the M5<\/a> in Devon as firefighters tackle an intense blaze involving a car transporter and the nine electric vehicles it was carrying.<\/p>\n

Speaking to DevonLive, one motorist heading to work said he had been stuck since about 7.05am and has had to “cancel or postpone our jobs” as a result of the delays.<\/p>\n

“We aren’t going anywhere anytime soon,” he said.<\/p>\n

Emergency services are at the scene<\/a> of the blaze, between Cullompton<\/a> and Exeter<\/a>, where the fire broke out at around 7am on Wednesday, October 1.<\/p>\n

The M5 has been closed in both directions and drivers are being diverted off the road while firefighters tackle the blaze<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pictures show gridlock on the M5 on the approach to the incident and Devon and Cornwall Police are advising motorists to avoid the area completely.<\/p>\n

\"AA car transporter carrying electric vehicles burst into flames on the M5(Image: Submitted)<\/p>\n

Photos and pictures taken at the scene from locals and motorists show dark plumes of smoke rising from the incident, with bright intense flames surrounding the vehicle and its cargo.<\/p>\n

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue<\/a> Service said the transporter was “fully involved” in fire.<\/p>\n

National Highways said: “The M5 in Devon is closed in both directions between J28 (Cullompton) and J29 (Exeter) due to an HGV fire.<\/p>\n

“A car transporter carrying electric vehicles has caught fire, Devon & Cornwall fire and rescue are at scene and the road has been closed while they tackle the fire.<\/p>\n

“Devon & Cornwall Police and emergency services are on scene being assisted by National Highways traffic Officers.”<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said: “We currently have five appliances and a water bowser in attendance on the M5 between junctions 28 and 29 where a car transporter carrying nine electric vehicles is fully involved in fire.<\/p>\n

“Both northbound and southbound carriages are currently closed.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"They could be stuck for hoursThe car transporter and electric vehicle blaze on the M5 in Devon Motorists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[19347,14689,77340,19348,2686,59,57,58,38927,50,2888,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-172432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-cullompton","9":"tag-devon-and-cornwall-police","10":"tag-devon-and-somerset-fire-and-rescue","11":"tag-exeter","12":"tag-fires","13":"tag-gb","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-greatbritain","16":"tag-m5","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-traffic-travel","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}