according to traffic information firm Inrix.
There was also congestion on surrounding routes around Bromford and Tyburn.
Image source,Kimberley Edwards
Lulia Nicholas Ricardo, who lives near the industrial park, told the BBC: “When my son started showing me that there [was] smoke in the sky, I quickly ran to the window and there was very thick smoke, the whole sky was black.
“The smoke was very strong, it didn’t stop and it was very thick, luckily it didn’t enter the house.
“There were many police, many ambulances and many fire engines.”
Ms Ricardo said she was scared and wasn’t sure exactly where the fire was, but was concerned it would spread to the front of her street.
“I still hope for people there to be OK,” she said.
The fire was near, but did not affect, the Esso Birmingham oil terminal.
A spokesman for ExxonMobil, which runs the plant, said operations had not been affected, and it had not been evacuated.
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