The A1 motorway is closed in the north-south direction at kilometre 295 in Vila Nova de Gaia following a fire in a lorry carrying beer, a Civil Protection source stated on Tuesday, 24 March. A source from the Porto Metropolitan Area Sub-Regional Command for Emergency and Civil Protection told Lusa that the alert was raised at 10:08, and by 11:00 the fire was reported as extinguished. According to Brisa Concessão Rodoviária, traffic is being diverted at the Jaca junction onto the A29. A total of 29 personnel and 10 vehicles from the Vila Nova de Gaia Sapadores Fire Battalion, Civil Protection, and the Coimbrões and Carvalhos volunteer fire brigades were on the scene.