Fiery Catastrophe: Car Transporter Engulfed in Flames, Disrupting Major Motorway with Burning Vehicles

THIS is the horrifying moment a raging inferno engulfs a car transporter carrying seven vehicles – causing a major motorway blockage.

Shocking footage shows the car carrier consumed by flames and spitting black smoke into the sky and across a busy M1 carriageway in Leicestershire.

A devastating blaze ripped through a car carrier on the M1, sparking travel chaos Credit: Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service Black smoke was seen pouring into the sky and spewing across the road

Multiple fire crews raced to the scene north of Catthorpe Interchange at around 6pm on Monday, assisted by teams from Warwickshire and Northamptonshire.

Thankfully, no injuries were reported.

But about an hour earlier, horrified drivers witnessed the blaze ripping through the car transporter, sending plumes of acrid black smoke into the sky.

Nathan Maynard, 25, was driving back to Newcastle with his partner when they saw the blaze less than a mile ahead of them.

In an exclusive interview with The Sun, Nathan says: “We were really scared.

“It was really frightening, because a new explosion could have happened at any time, and we didn’t know if we would have made it home safe or not.

“You could feel the heat driving by.

“We were worried someone was injured, but were relieved when we realised that nobody was in the carrier any more.

Flames were seen ripping through the seven cars on the transporter Fire crews from three counties were called in to battle the blaze

“You could not see anyone on the hard shoulder, but clearly no one was injured.

“We were just coming back home, after visiting our family. We weren’t expecting it.

“Then fire services arrived, and a bunch of cars.

“Our families were really scared for us, when we let them know what happened.

As of 8pm, the couple is still on the road.

Nathan says: “In the end we were lucky, because we were one of the last cars to pass through before they closed the road.

“We were trying to get through as quickly as possible, before they closed everything.

“The horrible fire added just 30 minutes to our journey. Now we are still driving, but we are fine.

“We cannot think about how long it will take for all the poor drivers who had the road closed.”