nee naw!
A big van with 9kgs of oxyacetylene is alight on the A12 at Marks Tey (near Colchester) (ironically it belonged to the Fire Brigade!).
The driver is thankfully unhurt (and has gone home to recover and must be feeling particularly sheepish) but the A12 is stopped in both directions as are the trains stopped either side of Colchester
As its oxyacetylene Fire and Rescue have put a 24 hour exclusion zone on it (oxy heats itself up and can go kaboom even after the fire is out!)
They’ve called out the military bomb disposal unit to borrow a robot to help deal with the fire…
If you live in East Anglia and are thinking of travelling south tonight I’d make alternative arrangements…
