The burnt out bus sits on the hard shoulder as traffic enforcement officers clear up diesel spillage in lane one (Image: Archant)
THREE vehicles crashed on the A1(M) following a bus fire this afternoon (Friday).
A Vauxhall Vectra and two Ford Transit vans collided after being stuck in traffic relating to a Stansted Airport bendy bus catching fire at about 12.25pm.
Police believe the vehicles crashed near Junction 6 on the northbound carriageway in a bid to avoid a broken down Mazda MX5 in the outside lane.
The lane had been shut as a result of the fire but reopened at 1.20pm.
The Mazda was recovered at 2.05pm, and no one is believed to have been injured.
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