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title: "M6 closed after chemical tanker explodes"
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url: "https://cbrneworld.com/news/subscribers/m6-closed-after-chemical-tanker-explodes"
date: "2026-07-30T21:07:21+00:00"
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#  M6 closed after chemical tanker explodes

 Written by Jesse Garrick on 12 December 2012.

A tanker vehicle carrying what is believed to be hydrochloride has exploded following a crash on the M6 in Warwickshire this afternoon. Ambulance services are treating at least ten people with breathing difficulties and many more motorists have been evacuated from the area. A police spokeswoman has said: \\"Due to the motorway being closed there is a massive tailback of traffic and we are currently advising people to stay away from the area.\\"

For more on this story, see the BBC website [here](https://cbrneworld.com/%5C%22http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-20694219%5C%22).

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