Homes have been evacuated after a truck carrying nearly 200 LPG gas cylinders crashed northwest of Auckland.
The crash happened on State Highway 16 at Waimauku just after 8am.
The Fire Service said the large truck and trailer was carrying 192 LPG cylinders and was on its side across the road.
Residents have returned to homes after a truck carrying nearly 200 LPG gas cylinders rolled northwest of Auckland today.
The crash happened on State Highway 16 at Waimauku just after 8am.
The Fire Service said the large truck and trailer was carrying 192 LPG cylinders and was on its sideacross the road. Residents living near the crash were evacuated from their houses.
Police said the northbound lane of the highway was blocked but the upturned truck has now been towed from the scene.
The Fire Service said because of the dangerous nature of the truck's cargo nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution.
Mike Brown, yard manager at the nearby Waimauku Landscape Supplies business, said: "I just heard a truck going up the hill, probably a little faster than normal. Next second, all I hear is a slide and then bang - a crash.
