£260K FIREBALL

Moment fleet of brand-new Jaguar SUVs worth at least £260k go up in flames at side of motorway

BRAND new electric Jaguar SUVs go up in flames at the side of the M1.

At least four of the I-PACE motors, which cost from £65,000, were destroyed when the blaze broke out on a transporter.

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This is the moment a fleet of brand-new Jaguar SUVs worth hundreds of thousands of pounds went up in flames at the side of the M1
At least four of the I-PACE motors, which cost from £65,000, were destroyedCredit: Alamy

Traffic was halted on the southbound M1 near Trowell Services, Notts — and northbound when smoke blew across the road.

Both carriageways were reopened around six hours after the fire started at 1.50pm.

Firefighters said the cause of Monday’s blaze was under investigation.

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Traffic was halted on the southbound M1 near Trowell Services, Notts — and northbound when smoke blew across the road
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