Desert Road blocked after truck fire

The Desert Road is closed after a truck caught fire early this morning.

The Fire Service was called to the blaze on State Highway 1 near Rangipo Intake Road, 34km south of Turangi, at 2.14am, a northern fire communications spokesman said.

Three appliances from Turangi were sent to the fire, which was out by 6am.

The truck was blocking the road and would not be moved for at least two hours, police said shortly before 6am.

No one was injured and the cause of the fire was not yet known.

- NZPA