Several electric cars go up in FLAMES while being transported by truck #shorts.

Several electric cars go up in FLAMES while being transported by truck #shorts.

SEVERAL electric vehicles being transported by truck went up in flames on a highway in England on Monday, December 5, shutting traffic in both directions, according to the Nottingham fire service.

Footage posted to Twitter by Extreme Motorhoming Adventures, an account run by a couple traveling the UK and Europe, shows several vehicles alight on the side of the M1 near Nottingham.

The source described the blaze as “scary”, saying on Twitter: “Could feel the heat going past.”

The Nottinghamshire fire and rescue service said the fire broke out at around 1:30 pm and involved a “car transporter with seven electric vehicles well alight.”

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