This video shows a brass band serenading stranded motorists in the middle of a major motorway - after a fire stopped traffic for hours. Footage shows around 40 people on the M6, near Preston, Lancs., on Friday (297) applauding the plucky performers as they blast out tunes. Cars were completely halted on the road following a massive lorry blaze, leading to huge tailbacks as fire crews performed a “complex recovery operation”. And during their lengthy wait, drivers amused themselves by playing table football and organising parties in the middle of the usually busy three-lane motorway. Writing yesterday, a spokesperson for National Highways agency confirmed the reason for blockage, which was finally cleared at around 8.30pm They said on Twitter: “There's a 2-hour delay on the M6 between J33-J31a, and also a 1 hour delay on M55 east between J3 and M6.” “This is to allow a complex recovery operation to take place.