It’s certainly a sticky situation (Picture: Sky News)
Drivers got stuck in bad traffic this morning after a truck crashed, rolling over and spilling tonnes of carpet glue.
The incident happened in South Auckland, New Zealand at 11.20am local time when the truck crashed on the SH1 motorway on-ramp.
Traffic was halted as the truck also caught fire and was burning at the side of the road, the NZ Herald reports.
Two southbound lanes of the motorway were blocked and a number of surrounding roads were gridlocked as diversions were put in place.
Emergency services were desperately trying to block the nearby drains, to reduce the amount of glue getting into the water system.
It’s believed the truck was carrying a huge 22 tonnes of carpet glue, and the clean-up effort will continue ‘for some time today’.
Auckland Council’s pollution response team is on scene investigating the incident.
Compliance manager Adrian Wilson said: ‘The spillage is contained at present, and our officers are carrying out further investigations to determine any impacts on the stormwater network.’
The lorry flipped and caught later caught fire (Picture: Sky News)
22 tonnes of carpet glue is leaking from the lorry (Picture: Sky News)
People are working to block drains so glue doesn’t get into the water system (Picture: Sky News)
Local police confirmed there were no injuries reported.
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It was quite the sticky situation.