Emergency services were called to a bitumen tanker leaking between Henderson Road and Fairy Springs Road about 6am, before it caught fire.

NZTA says diversions are in place and the road is likely to remain closed until about midday.

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13 Nov: Police have discovered human remains at a rural location near Tokoroa - in Waikato

13 Nov: A woman's been charged with murder - after a fatal hit and run in Auckland's Pukekohe last month

10 Nov: Emergency services have battled a blaze near Cape Reinga's Lighthouse in Northland overnight

07 Nov: Three people have been injured - one seriously - after a two vehicle crash on Pyes Pa Road, between Tauranga and Rotorua, about 2.40pm

07 Nov: Frustration for investigators facing the suppression of key facts, on Northland's pylon collapse

06 Nov: Arrests - after an alleged robbery by people armed with a machete and weapons at a Rotorua service station

04 Nov: Hawkes Bay orchards are rallying behind Tongan seasonal workers, caught up in a serious bus crash between Rotorua and Taupo yesterday

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