09/07/2014 BBC Points West

Good evening. That's all

The race is on to re`open one of the busiest roads in the West Country

after a lorry exploded into flames during this evening's rush hour

It happened on the Cumberland Basin in Bristol causing long del`ys.

Filmed on a phone from the top of a bus, minutes

And from a nearby bridge as thick smoke poured across Bristol

and traffic slowly stopped across the city.

Black smoke, all the flames, and the fire brigade come.

Just as the rush hour began, one of Bristol's busiest rottes was

shut down, bringing the centre to a stop, many

There were two really loud bangs so I approached the bridge, cotldn t

see a great deal but obviously just heard a lot of noise and colmotion.

I was coming down there and the unit was on fire, the wheels at the back.

The lorry was carrying a lo`d of wood that helped feed the flames.

For the driver inside, It was a lucky escape.

A 600`litre diesel tank exploded, obviously because of the he`t.

You can see how much of the lorry and its load h`s been

Once it's been scraped off and taken away, they'll havd to

stress test this road to chdck there is no permanent damage.

We are working as quickly as we can but with the tailbacks,

it's hampering the efforts to get the recovery trucks to the scene.

The surface will have to be treated but should be back open before the

A serious fire has also broken out this evening at an industri`l

Five fire engines were calldd to Griffin Mill in Thrupp after reports

Many of the surrounding roads have been closed and people living nearby

are being told to stay inside and keep their windows closdd.

BBC radio Gloucestershire do have a reporter at the scene so if you re

concerned, tune in to them. A three`year`old boy has been taken to

Southampton General Hospital where he is said to be in a

life`threatening condition. A teenager has been describhng

the moment his friend was khlled One after another,

the young people who were on but expedition to the Arctic with

Horatio Chapple three years ago described what happened on the night

that Wiltshire teenager was killed. First was Patrick Flinders

from Jersey who still has the scratch marks on his face from where

he was clawed by the polar bear when He said he was terrified, closed

his eyes, and snuggled down in his Another witness was Lauren Beech

from Surrey. She was in a nearby tent

and said she and Horatio had found paw prints in the ice

a few days before the attack. Before that, the group had had

a discussion about whether to have a bear watch, a patrol everx night,

taking it in turns but the group She said until that attack,

she had had full confidence in the organisers of the trhp, the

British Schools Exploring Society. The coroner is expected to give

his verdict in this case here It's emerged that Bristol's tourism

board said no to safety railings along a stretch of the city's docks

where a cyclist later died. Sean Philips fell in

and drowned after losing control The tourism board

and other groups thought thd safety A reminder of the risks

along Bristol's waterfront, Sean Philips' death

in March last year renewing calls The BBC has discovered

Destination Bristol thought railings would seriously undermine

the heritage value of the shte and that managers at the

council`owned MShed museum said they were reluctant to see railings just

weeks before Sean Phillips died The family's solicitor says barriers

are needed now more than evdr. There's a question mark over these

large numbers of people who we've encouraged

down here with this developlent You have to balance

the heritage arguments So I think there's still an argument

here for barriers, especially where the entrances to the MShed `re

concentrating that traffic. The objections from various groups

and councillors came after `n It recommended railings be drected

but was deemed oversimplisthc. A subsequent report said

railings were not needed. In the last decade, the deaths

in the docks have been in areas Because people tend to get past

rulings because they want to get to the

waterside and sit on the qu`yside. The harbour is an inherentlx

dangerous place, that's one of the realities of harbours

and it's more dangerous where it When you think that permanent

railings could endanger the lives of those working on the boats

and cranes here. Signs presumably missed by

Sean Phillips which divert cyclists away from the area have

since been made much clearer. Newsnight's just started ovdr on

Two, with an exclusive investigation into the growing number of suicides

in English and Welsh prisons. But I will say goodnight

and leave the final word with Ian Tomorrow warmer still with lore

sunshine. Temperatures tonight between ten ` 13 Celsius. Tomorrow,

between two weather systems and a bit more clout North Somersdt and

towards the east. This slicd across the middle will bring a good deal of

sunshine and a bit more clott in the afternoon. It will be a day with a

high pollen count and high TV levels and high temperatures up to maybe 25

Celsius. It will be a cloudx day on Friday with more showers but

brightening in the afternoon. Heavy showers over the weekend,

increasingly warm and Maggid. and humid, with heavy and under in

showers. Today has been the quietest weather

day of this week. We had 24 Celsius in Carlisle in the sunshine. It did

struggle on the North Sea coast with the wind, but you can see two

weather fronts advancing in under the mass of cloud. Our window for

fine weather will diminish overnight stop