{"id":603876,"date":"2026-09-18T03:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T03:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/603876\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T03:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T03:06:12","slug":"lanes-reopen-after-rush-hour-car-fire-on-auckland-motorway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/603876\/","title":{"rendered":"Lanes reopen after rush-hour car fire on Auckland motorway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All lanes on Auckland&#8217;s Northern Motorway are open after an earlier car on fire caused disruption for peak hour commuters. <\/p>\n<p>A Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) spokesperson told 1News crews responded to the car on fire on the Northern Motorway southbound just after Constellation Drive.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/due-to-a-car-fire-the-left-lane-is-blocked-just-after-conste-EE4QPZVFENBZ3GIUEERAT5C2QA.png\" alt=\"Due to a car fire, the left lane is blocked just after Constellation Drive.\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-hi5x8q-0 cWTYyG image-metadata\">Due to a car fire, the left lane is blocked just after Constellation Drive. (Source: NZTA)<\/p>\n<p>The call came through shortly after 7am, and two trucks responded from Takapuna and Albany. <\/p>\n<p>New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi warned drivers to &#8220;pass with care&#8221; and &#8220;expect delays&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It confirmed all lanes have since reopened. <\/p>\n<p>Police said there were no reported injuries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-greyDarkFaded\">The morning&#8217;s headlines in 90 seconds, including the King\u2019s warnings about AI, and an under fire Hyrox star finally apologises. (Source: Breakfast)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All lanes on Auckland&#8217;s Northern Motorway are open after an earlier car on fire caused disruption for peak&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1081,51,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-603876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-accident","tag-auckland","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603876","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=603876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}