A section of the Hawke's Bay Expressway has been closed due to a car on fire.
Emergency services are at the scene near the Taradale on ramp, where a car appears to have gone down a bank, facing north toward Napier.
The car appears to have been engulfed by flames, with a plume of smoke stretching high into the sky.
A police spokeswoman said police had been asked to provide traffic control. The northbound lane of the expressway was blocked by the fire, and had been closed.
A fire service spokesman said they had a number of appliances at the site.