Truck fire

A truck caught fire along State Highway 1, just out of Tokoroa, on Monday morning forcing motorists to pull over after the flames spread across the country’s main arterial highway. Northern fire communications shift manager Megan Ruru said two fire trucks from Tokoroa were on the scene, just after 11am. The fire was well involved on arrival and it took the fire crew just under an hour to extinguish it. Ruru said she was not sure what caused the fire.