Don't think lorry fires cropping up on traffic reports is necessarily evidence of a greater propensity to take fire.

My impression of car fires is that (if they don't burn out very quickly on the hard shoulder) they're a straightforward well rehea***d job for the fire service. Rubbernecking slows the traffic but unless their are casualties the road stays open

A lorry with much more, albeit potentially less volatile, fuel and several tonnes of payload is a different proposition. Much more smoke and risks of payload catching with potentially toxic fumes or risk of explosion make it a much more challenging job to deal with. Multi lane or whole road closures are probable. Further prolonged by need for forensic investigation and clean up or even re-surfacing of carriageway.

That's my two penny worth anyway. A definitive answer one would need access to fire service stats.

EDIT: FFS can site owner do something about the swear filter. If posters cannot use a well known word who's synonyms might be practised, drilled or gone over is not fit for purpose.

Edited by Bromptonaut on 21/01/2017 at 08:44

another M215 closure ... perhaps it should be an insured risk to compensate others for delays caused by unroadworthy vehicles ... the premiums would make it more worthwhile to make sure such incidents never took place!