Couple find themselves at a standstill on motorway for three hours after blaze

A COUPLE making their way to Bristol for a birthday theatre trip have spoken of their annoyance at the way the aftermath of a major fire was handled after finding themselves at a standstill for three hours. Mike Windscheffel, 69, from Eldene , was on his way to Bristol on Thursday, February 23 with wife Wendy when they got caught up in the aftermath of the fire that had broken out on a car transporter near Junction 17 for Chippenham earlier that day.