Impressive fire and A1 motorway closed in Oise: what happened?

Saturday 16th November 2024 10:33 AM

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Adrien Deschepper

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Nov. 16, 2024 at 12:40 p.m.
; updated on Nov. 16, 2024 at 4:11 p.m.

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The highway A1 was closed to traffic for up to Robervalin the Oise, between Compiègne and Senlis, this Saturday November 16, 2024 in the morning, from Lille to Paris.

In question, an accident took place in the morning, shortly before 7 a.m., a vehicle car and a heavy goods vehicle. When emergency services arrived, the two damaged vehicles were on fire near the Roberval viaduct.

Accident then fire on the A1

A fire which caused a impressive cloud of smoke along the A1 motorway. An oil spill is believed to be the cause of the fire.

No injuries

Firefighters were on call in the morning to put out the flames. No less than 50 fire soldiers were mobilized.

But fortunately, the accident caused no injuries.

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The intervention of the Oise firefighters made it possible to extinguish the flames on the heavy goods vehicle and the car. But the A1 was impassable in the Lille-Paris direction this morning. (©SDIS 60)

Vehicles traveling on the A1 were diverted upstream, forced to exit at Pont-Sainte-Maxence. At 4 p.m., this portion of the highway, towards Paris, was still closed to traffic.

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