This is the scene that caused chaos on the M1 at Milton Keynes earlier this week

Firefighter snapped this photo of the overturned lorry that spilled 700 litres of diesel onto the M1 on Monday evening.
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The lorry ended up on its side and on fire following a collision involving a car on the northbound carriageway between junctions 13 and 14.

Nobody was trapped but an environmental risk assessment was carried out due to the significant diesel spill, said a Bucks Fire spokesman.

Four fire crews attended and firefighters used a dry powder extinguisher to extinguish the flames,

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