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Traffic - Following a truck catching fire on the A8 motorway there are still severe disruptions on the A8 between Nice and Cagnes sur mer. The incident occurred at 4am this morning with firefighter’s sill fighting the blaze as the morning rush hour traffic began which meant a lot of motorist become stuck in long delays. Motorway authorities are saying that it is currently taking motorist up to 4 hours to cover just 16 kilometres from Nice Nord to Cagnes sur mer in the direction of Antibes and are being advised to avoid the area.

 

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