A1M and M1 Leeds delays: Traffic chaos on Leeds motorways after crash and vehicle fire

There are major delays on two motorways near Leeds after a crash and a vehicle fire.

The M1 northbound carriageway was closed between junction 44 and junction 45, near Leeds, due to a vehicle fire.

Firefighters were sent to the scene.

There has been a separate crash on the A1(M), near junction 44 for York Road, on the southbound carriageway.

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