A driver was taken to hospital after a lorry caught fire on the M11.

The fire took place on Junction 11 heading northbound, where fire crews from Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire attended just after 5.30am on December 16.

A Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said: “We got the call just after 5.30am to a lorry fire on the M11.

“Two crews from Cambridgeshire and another from Hertfordshire are in attendance with two water carriers.

“The driver of the lorry was treated by an ambulance crew for smoke inhalation.”

The northbound carriageway was reopened on Thursday evening.

A Cambridgeshire Police spokesperson said the driver was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.

“Injuries are not thought to be life threatening,” they said.