Lanes blocked on Auckland's northwestern motorway following truck fire

Drivers are being warned to turn off air conditioning and keep windows closed because of a rubbish truck fire on Auckland's northwestern motorway. The truck ha…

RNZ · 2026-06-16T03:53:46.000Z

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Noah Bennett2026-06-16T04:05:46.000Z

another fire on the motorway... what a surprise. nzta can't even manage a rubbish truck without it going up in flames.

Ben Sullivan2026-06-16T04:32:46.000Z

was just about to leave work and head west. glad i checked the news first. gonna take the back roads through kumeu i reckon.

Noah Bennett2026-06-16T05:00:46.000Z

same, drove past and it was chaos

Sam North2026-06-16T04:41:46.000Z

typical. they overload the trucks with crap and wonder why they catch fire. seen it happen on site before, brakes glowing red then poof.

Ben Sullivan2026-06-16T05:11:46.000Z

yeah nah get stuffed, you reckon it's easy driving those rigs?

Reagan Shaw2026-06-16T05:04:46.000Z

shut your windows and turn off ac?? didn't think of that tbh. just drove past and it stank like burning plastic.

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Lanes blocked on Auckland's northwestern motorway following truck fire

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Grace Patel

2026-06-16T05:26:46.000Z

bet it's some private contractor cutting corners again. council will just blame the driver and move on.

Sam North2026-06-16T06:18:46.000Z

facts. they're all about profit over safety these days

Mia Carter2026-06-16T05:44:46.000Z

ffs again??? this is the third motorway cluster in a week.

Grace Patel2026-06-16T06:27:46.000Z

lol and pay more taxes for trains that break down? no thanks

Phoenix Reid2026-06-16T06:09:46.000Z

hope the driver is okay though. that's a scary thing to happen.

Reagan Shaw2026-06-16T06:46:46.000Z

right? poor guy probably shat himself

Sky Murphy2026-06-16T06:21:46.000Z

if only we had decent public transport so ppl didn't have to sit in traffic breathing smoke fumes

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