In the early hours of Saturday morning, October 14, multiple emergency services rushed to a truck fire northbound on the M1 Pacific Motorway just south of the Morisset interchange.
Upon arrival at about 3.30am, crews were faced with two separate fires – the truck fire and bush alight a kilometre further south.
Crews quickly gained control and prevented the bushfire from spreading while also attending to the fire in the B-double truck.
Nobody was injured in the fire, but the cargo of beer on the truck couldn’t be saved.
All northbound lanes were closed and traffic diverted via the Doyalson Motorway Link and Wyee Rd while salvage operations took place and crews cleaned-up the exploded beer bottles strewn across the motorway.
One lane reopened at about 5am but traffic was heavy and Wyee Rd became gridlocked until all northbound lanes could reopen at 11.30am, although traffic delays still took some time to ease.
Rural Fire Service crews from Wadalba, Warnervale, Tuggerah, Cameron Park, and Morisset Fire and Rescue attended the fires.
Sue Murray