Fire crews from Strood were among those called to a blaze on the M20 this morning where a petrol tanker was alight.

The lorry was on the coastbound exit slip road at junction 5 for Aylesford.

Crews from Larkfield, Maidstone and Strood were called at 8.15am.

They spent about 20 minutes tackling the blaze and managed to stop it spreading to the main petrol tank.

No one was injured.

A driver on Blue Bell Hill described seeing huge plumes of black smoke billowing above the motorway when the fir e was at its height.

Police are at the scene while they await recovery of the lorry and the slip remains closed.