Wednesday 15 January 2020

BREAKING! Major Truck Fire On M1 Motorway Closes 2 of 3 Northbound Lanes at Bar Point

BY IAN CROUCH

There are major delays for northbound traffic on the M1 Pacific Motorway at Bar Point on the Central Coast due to a truck fire.

A semi-trailer carrying 5000 litres of milk, yogurt and orange juice on pallets caught alight near Jolls Bridge just after 2.30am on Wednesday.

2 of 3 northbound lanes of the freeway are closed.

The fire has caused extensive damage to the trailer.

The driver wasn't injured.

Ten firefighters and a senior officer are at the scene working to contain the runoff and a major salvage operation is due to commence at 6.00am.