{"id":365824,"date":"2026-04-06T05:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365824\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T05:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:29:15","slug":"sunlive-traffic-delays-on-sh2-following-car-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/365824\/","title":{"rendered":"SunLive &#8211; Traffic delays on SH2 following car fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traffic delays are being reported on State Highway 2, near Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager Garreth Lewis said crews were called to a \u201cwell-involved\u201d car fire on State Highway 2 near Bethlehem at 12.52pm.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis said it was not the result of a crash and only one vehicle was involved.<\/p>\n<p>One fire truck from Tauranga Central Station attended and the fire has since been extinguished.<\/p>\n<p>Crews remain at the scene assisting police.<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s live traffic reporting shows traffic is backed up in both lanes of the highway.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/060426TRAFFIC.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Image \/ Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services are at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>NZTA said due to a car fire, the eastbound lane on the Wairoa Bridge is blocked. Pass with care and expect delays.<\/p>\n<p>A police spokesperson said they were called to assist Fire and Emergency New Zealand with traffic control.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/060426SLSPCARFIRE02.jpg\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>Traffic backed up on SH2, near Bethlehem. Photo \/\u00a0Anita Darmawan<\/p>\n<p>At the scene?<\/p>\n<p>Email photos to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunlive.co.nz\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"e08e859793928f8f8da094888593958ece838fce8e9a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Traffic delays are being reported on State Highway 2, near Bethlehem. Fire and Emergency New Zealand shift manager&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-365824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}