A lorry has overturned spilling oil across the M25 and causing huge tailbacks throughout rush hour.
The HGV crashed on the anticlockwise carriageway between junction six (Godstone) and five (Chevening) at around 3.45am on Wednesday.
National Highways warned the clean-up operation of the “large spillage” will be “extensive and complex” and the road will need to be resurfaced.
“The road will be closed through morning peak period,” the agency added.
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