Traffic on the M3 (stock image)
DRIVERS heading northbound on the M3 face an hour long delay this morning.
All lanes of the Hampshire motorway were closed this morning after a vehicle fire.
The fire was on the northbound carriageway between Basingstoke and Dummer.
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Traffic chiefs warned of an 80 minute delay, but delays have now dropped to around an hour.
One lane remains closed.
UPDATE: All lanes are now open and there are no longer delays.
#M3 Northbound - One lane remains CLOSED after earlier vehicle fire between J7/A30 #Dummer and J6/#A339 #Basingstoke, still delays of over 1 HOUR. pic.twitter.com/irTD4SOAXt
— ROMANSE (@ROMANSE) 4 March 2019
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