Gas bottles pulled from blazing overseas HGV on the A249 near Maidstone causing rush hour headache

A major trunk road on the outskirts of Maidstone remains closed after an HGV Tractor unit was fully engulfed in flames at the start of rush hour on Tuesday (4th January 2022).

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