TRAFFIC is delayed on the Christchurch bypass this morning due to a van fire.

Emergency services were called at 7.12am to the eastbound carriageway, near the Somerford roundabout.

Bournemouth Echo:

Police closed the road while firefighters extinguished a Ford Iveco dropside van.

Traffic was queueing as far as Christchurch town centre while the road was closed.

It has since been reopened.