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M62 Reopens After Warrington Car Fire and Separate Slip-Road Rescue

Emergency services reported one person assessed with no entrapments at the J9 crash, with closures lifting after firefighters put out the blaze.

Overview

  • Fire crews extinguished a vehicle fire following a three-vehicle collision on the M62 eastbound near Junction 9, prompting full closures during the response.
  • Westbound traffic reopened shortly before 4pm, while the eastbound side stayed shut for a period as police, firefighters and traffic officers completed work at the scene.
  • Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said no one was trapped in the J9 vehicles and ambulance crews assessed one person at the scene.
  • By the evening, emergency services had left the J9 incident and traffic along the affected stretch was reported to have returned to normal.
  • In a separate incident earlier, a car left the M62-to-M6 slip at the Croft Interchange and hit trees down an embankment; firefighters reached the trapped driver and handed them to paramedics.