Emergency services were responding to a “well-involved” bus fire in Waikato on Friday evening.
Police and Fire and Emergency (Fenz) were alerted at about 8.10pm after a bus caught fire while being towed on the Waikato Expressway, which led to the road being shut north of Huntly.
![The northbound lanes of the expressway are shut at Ōhinewai while emergency services work at the scene.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/6YEFMEZNBJCEHGGX73FMGSFCUU.jpg?auth=66e1ba9b1944432ebb3ce9b54e3f5a3286d8a6b9909a99fd850b628bccb34cfc&width=16&height=15&quality=70&smart=true)
“There are no reports of injuries, however, the northbound lanes of the expressway are shut at Ōhinewai while emergency services work at the scene,” a police spokesperson said.