Truck fire on TEL

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A truck has caught fire on Tauranga Eastern Link.

Fire and Emergency New Zealand northern communications shift manager Paul Radden says crews from Papamoa and Maketu are in attendance

"The motor unit of the trailer was on fire.

"This has happened on Tauranga Eastern Link."

The fire is the second to have happened on the toll road in the space of three months.

Earlier this year a lane of the TEL was blocked when a truck caught fire near the Kaituna River bridge.

Earlier:

Reports are coming in about a truck fire near Papamoa.

A caller to the 0800 SUNLIVE news hotline says a refrigeration unit on the back of the truck appears to have caught fire.

SunLive is working on getting more information.

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