Emily Norton

Pictures have emerged after a lorry fire on the A52 near Grantham, which show the wreckage left by the blaze.

The surface of the road appears to have been severely damaged following the incident on the morning of Thursday, August 11.

The HGV was reduced to a blackened shell in the fire.

| Photo: RSM Photography

| Photo: RSM Photography

| Photo: RSM Photography

| Photo: RSM Photography

As reported at the time, a section of the road was closed between the A1 near Grantham and the A46 near Bingham.

Fire and rescue crews attended to put our the blaze and a diversion was put in place.

A road closure was put in place for several hours while recovery work was carried out.

The Lincolnite has contacted Nottinghamshire County Council and other authorities.

This story will be updated as soon as more information is available.

A section of the A46 Lincoln Bypass was closed in both directions due to a police incident, causing significant delays in the north of the city.

The incident was reported just after 6.30am on Thursday, August 11

The road was closed between A57 Saxilby Road (Carholme Roundabout) and the A15 (Riseholme Roundabout).

Lincolnshire Police’s Rural Crime Action Team posted on social media just after 8am that the road would open again soon.

The force has not yet confirmed details of the nature of the incident, and it is not yet known if anyone has been hurt.

Police crews were seen on the Burton Road bridge, and remain there at the time of writing.

The road was closed in both directions. The view form the Burton Road Bridge | Photo: The Lincolnite

Traffic sensors show long queues either side of the closure, as well as routes through the city and out to the A57 Burton Waters.

This is a developing story and will be updated as soon as more information is available.