BY IAN CROUCH
A truck fire at Nerong has closed the southbound lanes of the Pacific Highway for a couple of hours overnight.
Newcastle Fire Command says just after 11.30pm the driver of a B-Double carrying a load of sugar reported flames coming from underneath the trailer and pulled over just south of the town near Little Nugra Road.
By the time Fire and Rescue and RFS crews arrived, the truck and was engulfed in flames.
They took about two hours to extinguish the fire.
A Hazmat crew from Newcastle has been called in to remove around 800 litres of diesel from the truck.
It's believed the fire started in the truck's brake system.
