Traffic is mounting on the southbound M11 due to lorry crash and vehicle fire on separate stretches of the A406 in Redbridge.
Transport for London (TfL) tweeted at around 10.15am today that the A406 Southend Road at the junction of Charlie Browns roundabout is closed due to a car on fire.
Footage from the scene tweeted by a inconvenienced commuter shows gridlocked traffic as black smoke billows from a car.
While BBC London Travel also tweeted at around 10.45am today that a crash between a lorry and a car has closed the A406 North Circular closed southbound at A12 Redbridge Roundabout.
There is congestion just before Waterworks Corner and along the M11 back to J5 Loughton and reported delays of an hour.
A diversion is in place underneath the roundabout.
More to follow.
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