Long delays remain on the Gateway Motorway as the clean-up begins following a raging truck fire on Brisbane's north.
Just after 10am, police announced one southbound lane of the busy road had reopened, with a second to follow shortly.
A police spokeswoman said traffic was travelling slowly because of debris on the road, which authorities were working to clean up.
Bruce Hwy massive delays Soutjbound from Burpengary to Bald Hills after truck fire closes Gateway at Boondall @tennewsqld pic.twitter.com/NC1nfwPDFg??? Jay Lane (@jayjdlane) June 14, 2017
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The Gateway Motorway is closed in both directions after a truck caught fire in Brisbane's north.
Emergency services were called to the crash about 8.30am, near the Sandgate Road overpass at Boondall.
A police spokesman said the truck crashed into a guardrail and started leaking diesel, which caught fire.
Traffic was at a standstill.
According to the government-run QLD Traffic website, the motorway was closed in both directions at Boondall, with northbound traffic heading onto Bicentennial Road.
Motorists heading south from the Bruce Highway were urged to use Gympie Arterial Road instead.
A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said the driver had escaped the vehicle without injury.
Delays northbound had already extended back more than eight kilometres, past the Nudgee Golf Course, by 9.30am.
BOONDALL: crews on scene at semi-trailer fire, Gateway Mwy northbound, near Sandgate Rd overpass. Fire under control. Smoke across road. pic.twitter.com/Npkg5lPBN5??? Qld Fire & Emergency (@QldFES) June 13, 2017
