M1 closed after truck crash causes massive blaze

  • The M1 remains closed in both directions after two trucks collided at 12:50pm
  • A massive fire broke out after collision near Lake Macquarie, New South Wales
  • Fire crews are battling the blaze started after the crash involving a fuel tanker
  • Fire spread to bushland shortly after crash but no threat to property or people

The M1 remains closed in both directions after two trucks collided, sparking a massive fire.

Fire crews battled a huge blaze which broke out after the crash about 1km south of the Freemans Drive interchange near Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. 

Emergency services were called to the southbound lanes of the M1 about 12.50pm after the two trucks, including a fuel tanker, collided and one caught fire. 

A car was also damaged, and motorists are being warned to avoid the area.

 

A collision between two trucks - one a fuel tanker - sparked a massive fire on the M1 which soon spread to bushland

A collision between two trucks – one a fuel tanker – sparked a massive fire on the M1 which soon spread to bushland

Fire crews battled a huge blaze (pictured) which broke out after the crash about 1km south of the Freemans Drive interchange in Lake Macquarie of New South Wales

Fire crews battled a huge blaze (pictured) which broke out after the crash about 1km south of the Freemans Drive interchange in Lake Macquarie of New South Wales

The M1 remains closed in both directions following a truck crash and fire in the Lake Macquarie region this afternoon

The M1 remains closed in both directions following a truck crash and fire in the Lake Macquarie region this afternoon

Police said one person remains unaccounted for after the collision, and a number of people were treated at the scene.

The fire soon spread to bushland north of the crash site, and New South Wales Rural Fire Service was fighting the bushfire with the assistance of a water helicopter.

Southbound traffic is queued more than 12km, adding almost two hours to travel times, while northbound motorists are being forced to wait 90 minutes in an eight-kilometre queue.

A NSW Rural Fire Service spokesperson said did not pose a danger to people or property, and crews were ‘definitely getting the upper hand’, Nine News reported.

‘We’re almost on top of it,’ the spokesperson said.

Crews are expected to remain on site for a number of hours while the blaze is brought under control. 

Emergency services were called to the southbound lanes of the M1 about 12.50pm after the two trucks, including a fuel tanker, collided and one caught fire (pictured)

Emergency services were called to the southbound lanes of the M1 about 12.50pm after the two trucks, including a fuel tanker, collided and one caught fire (pictured)

Fire crews rushed to the scene to battle the massive blaze which broke out after the crash

Fire crews rushed to the scene to battle the massive blaze which broke out after the crash

The fire soon spread to bushland north of the crash site, and New South Wales Rural Fire Service was fighting the bushfire with the assistance of a water helicopter

The fire soon spread to bushland north of the crash site, and New South Wales Rural Fire Service was fighting the bushfire with the assistance of a water helicopter

Crews are expected to remain on site for a number of hours while the blaze is brought under control

Crews are expected to remain on site for a number of hours while the blaze is brought under control

More to come 

 



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