National Highways said all lanes had now reopened
The M5 in Devon has fully reopened after a major incident was declared by emergency services when a lorry carrying electric vehicles caught fire.
The motorway was shut in both directions for several hours between junction 28 at Cullompton and junction 29 for Exeter from about 06:30 BST on Wednesday.
The northbound carriageway reopened at about 10:20 followed by two of the southbound lanes at about 18:00.
National Highways said all the southbound lanes had reopened on Thursday after emergency repair works overnight.
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National Highways said there had already been planned works which would take place on Wednesday night and emergency resurfacing was completed alongside this.
Emergency services said a car transporter carrying nine electric vehicles had caught fire on the southbound carriageway.
Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said the cars had been completely damaged by fire.
A spokesperson said the cause of the fire was accidental.
Dan Cooke said he had been stuck in the traffic for three hours.
He said: "It was a huge inferno of flames that was on the tail-end of the transporter.
"We were sat there on the motorway, I've never seen so many fire engines turn up and police, ambulance, emergency services.
"Thankfully no-one was hurt. Driving past the wreckage, there must've been significant heat."
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