Published by Robert L Senior Reporter on Saturday 1st March 2025, at 07:30hrs
The motorway was closed for several hours following the incident on Friday afternoon
A patient was airlifted to hospital after being rescued from a burning car that burst into flames on the M6 Motorway on Friday afternoon.
The incident happened on the southbound carriageway between Junction 35 and Junction 34 around 1pm. A full closure was put in place on both sides of the motorway to allow for emergency services to work at the scene and the air ambulance to assist colleagues from the North West Ambulance Service.
In a statement released, Lancashire Police said:
“We were called to a report of a fire in a car on the M6, between junctions 34 (Lancaster) and 35 (Carnforth), just after 1pm today.
Emergency services, including our officers are currently at the scene, and the M6 is closed in both directions.
A man is receiving medical treatment.
Anyone with information or footage is asked to call 101 quoting log 0647.”
The closure was lifted shortly before 5pm.
A spokesman for Great North Air Ambulance Service said: “We can confirm that today at 1.26pm, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust requested us to assist North West Air Ambulance Charity with a serious incident on the M6 near Carnforth.
“Our pilot, doctor and paramedic arrived in just 21 minutes, and worked alongside fellow emergency services to stabilise the patient before airlifting them to hospital for further treatment.”
A spokesperson for Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service said:
“At 13:06 on 28th February 2025, four fire engines from Lancaster, Morecambe, Bolton-le-Sands, and Carnforth attended a vehicle fire on the M6 southbound between junctions 35 and 34.
One casualty was treated by North West Ambulance Service.
The motorway will remain closed into the evening. Emergency services remain in attendance.”
No further details on the patients condition have been released.
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