Southern Motorway reopens after car fire

Southbound lanes on Dunedin’s Southern Motorway have reopened after a car fire. 

About 10.25am, a vehicle broke down on the motorway at Concord, and began smoking, police said.

Emergency services responded and closed both southbound lanes for about an hour while the fire was extinguished.

Fire crews from nearby Lookout Point fire station attended the scene. 

A police spokesperson said nobody was hurt in the fire. 

 

 

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