The closures are in place on the northbound carriageway at Junction 21a and the Croft Interchange in Cheshire. Police are at the scene and firefighters are en route.

Highways England said “two lanes are closed on the M6 north J21a Croft Interchange due to a vehicle fire on the road linking from the M62 in both directions.”

A spokesperson for Cheshire Police confirmed the situation is “ongoing” and said a full statement would be released later.

Motorists are advised to avoid the area.

On Twitter, National Highways North West stated: “2 lanes are closed on the #M6 north #J21a #Croftinterchange due to a vehicle fire on the road linking from the #M62 in both directions.

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“Traffic Officers are on scene and Fire en route.

Please avoid the area.”

The M6 and the M62 are two major highways near Manchester and Liverpool, key for travellers around the North West of England.

Travel service Inrix stated: “Two lanes closed and queueing traffic due to car fire on M6 Northbound from J21A M62 J10 (Croft Interchange) to J22 A49 Winwick Link Road (Newton Le Willows).

“Lane one and two (of three) is closed.”

Images released by National Highways show visible plumes of smoke and lights from stationary cars.

This comes hours after the southbound slip road to access the M6 at Junction 17 at Sandbach was re-opened to motorists.

National Highways updated the public this evening, saying: “The #M6 southbound entry slip road at #J17 (#Congleton #Sandbach #A534)has now been re-opened following the earlier incident.

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“Thanks for your patience.”

One lane of the sliproad had been shut off due to a broken-down vehicle.

Traffic officers attended the scene, and recovery vehicles assisted with the broken-down vehicle.

This follows the re-opening of the northbound exit sliproad for the M62 at Junction 21 for the Croft Interchange on Sunday.

Officers were present at the scene alongside paramedics from the North West Ambulance Service after a collision stopped motorists exiting the M6 onto the M62.

Traffic congestion built up until the sliproad was re-opened later that day.

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