The incident took place on the motorway between Clacket Lane and Junction 6 at around 10pm on Sunday evening.

National Highways says diversions are likely to be in place until the road undergoes repairs.

A section of the M25 between Surrey and Kent has closed after a lorry caught on fire following a crash.

Flames were seen coming out of an apartment at the residential block on Queens Road West in Plaistow, East London, shortly after 8am this morning - sending billows of smoke into the air.

A massive blaze at a residential block in Plaistow, east London, is being tackled by 70 firefighters and ten fire engines with thick smoke pictured rising into the sky

Ten fire engines have been sent to the incident on Queens Road West in Plaistow, east London, the London Fire Brigade said.

This is the moment a lorry caught on fire following a crash on the M25.

Ten fire engines and 70 firefighters tackled a blaze at a tower block in Plaistow, East London this morning.

A blaze at a tower block in Plaistow, East London this morning was started by a lithium battery that failed, the London Fire Brigade said.