Blazing van closes southbound lanes on SH1

Photo from TheTrafficFox.co.nz via RNZ Wellington.Scoop Southbound lanes on Wellington’s State Highway 1 were closed when a van caught fire near Paekakariki this afternoon. The van caught fire at the northern end of Transmission Gully, after the Mackays Crossing interchange. The fire was reported at 2.20pm. One of the southbound lanes reopened ten minutes later. […]