Transmission Gully is closed in both directions between P\u0101utahanui and Paek\u0101k\u0101riki due to a crash causing a significant fuel spill.<\/p>\n
Fire and Emergency has sent crews to the site, where a fuel tanker and another vehicle crashed.<\/p>\n
A specialist hazardous materials unit, eight fire engines and a tanker were at the scene.<\/p>\n
Waka Kotahi warned drivers heading in and out of Wellington could expect lengthy delays.<\/p>\n
Northbound motorists were advised to use State Highways 58 and 59 to get back on to SH1.<\/p>\n
Southbound travellers should use the detour via SH59.<\/p>\n
Fire crews set up a dam and isolated the fuel leaking from the tanker, Fire and Emergency said.<\/p>\n
Group manager Gareth Hughes said the amount of fuel lost from the tanker was not yet known, but fire crews had worked hard to stop it reaching an environmentally sensitive area.<\/p>\n
A second fuel tanker was being brought to the site to decant the remaining fuel.<\/p>\n
“Until that is complete, there is still a risk of an explosion so the road is remaining closed,” Hughes said.<\/p>\n
An environmental protection officer was on their way to the scene.<\/p>\n
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Source: RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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