Car fire on M4 causes seven miles of queues with long delays - Live updates

Emergency services are on the scene of a vehicle fire on the M4. The incident happened just after 5pm on the M4 westbound near junction 43 of the motorway and the A465 at Llandarcy.

Live traffic maps show the fire service in attendance with the slip road and one lane of the motorway closed. Queues are trailing from J43 across the M4 stretch at Port Talbot to Taibach. This is already a pinch point for slow traffic.

Traffic Monitoring system INRIX says that traffic is also congested on the opposite side due to onlookers. The Westbound A465 is also congested approaching the roundabout. Join our WhatsApp news community here for the latest breaking news

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