Empty car on fire closes Remutaka Hill Road

1:44 pm on 24 March 2019

The Remutaka Hill Road has been closed as emergency services deal with a car fire on the highway.

The Kaitoke side of the police roadblock on SH2 over the Remutaka hill.

The Kaitoke side of the police roadblock on SH2 over the Remutaka hill. Photo: RNZ / Jason McClelland

A Fire and Emergency shift manager said the fire was on the Featherston side of the summit, and both lanes of State Highway 2 were closed.

One fire crew had just arrived at the scene, but he said they had already requested a second water tanker.

No one is trapped in the car.