{"id":500597,"date":"2026-06-29T05:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/500597\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T05:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:27:18","slug":"truck-carrying-wood-bursts-into-flames-on-key-coromandel-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/500597\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck carrying wood bursts into flames on key Coromandel highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A truck carrying a full load of timber has burst into flames on a key Coromandel Peninsula route this afternoon, blocking State Highway 25A.<\/p>\n<p>Fire and Emergency NZ received a 111 call at 3.29pm and arrived to find the cab of the truck well involved in flames, with the trailer fully loaded with wood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The driver is clear of the vehicle and there is no indication of harm to people,&#8221; a FENZ spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/thick-smoke-billows-from-a-truck-fire-on-the-coromandel-peni-S4PUXR4GSVGYRGZCDDQD5D33TI.jpg\" alt=\"Thick smoke billows from a truck fire on the Coromandel Peninsula. (Source: Supplied \/ Shaun Makara)\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Thick smoke billows from a truck fire on the Coromandel Peninsula. (Source: Supplied \/ Shaun Makara) (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>Crews from Puriri and Thames were working to extinguish the blaze, with police requested to manage traffic.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the New Zealand Transport Agency said a full closure was in place for SH25A Kopu to Hikuai Rd. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Motorists are asked to follow the directions of emergency services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Police were alerted to the incident and were en route to the scene, a police spokesperson said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A truck carrying a full load of timber has burst into flames on a key Coromandel Peninsula route&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500598,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9001,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-500597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-hamilton-waikato","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500597","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=500597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}