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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Rush hour warning as lane restrictions cause delays on major motorway
A warning has been issued to drivers during rush hour as lanes are restricted on a major motorway. Two lanes on the M8 Westbound at Arkleston Interchange have been restricted due to hay bales in the live lane. Drivers have been asked to approach with care and expect delays. Delays are currently expected to be around 18 minutes. READ MORE: Morning travel chaos as train line defect causes major delays NEW❗️⌚️09:17 🛣️#M8 - Junction 27 (WB) ⚠️Two lanes RESTRICTED due to hay bales in the live lane 🚗Road users are advised to approach with care and expect longer travel time ⌛️Delays approx. 18 minutes 📣Further updates as we get them@SWTrunkRoads — Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) May 20, 2025 Traffic Scotland said in a statement: "Two lanes restricted due to hay bales in the live lane. "Road users are advised to approach with care and expect longer travel times. "Delays are approximately 18 minutes." "Further updates as we get them."
RNZ News
15-05-2025
- General
- RNZ News
FENZ to investigate cause of fire that burnt thousands of hay bales near Ashburton
Photo: RNZ / Nathan McKinnon A fire investigator will examine the cause of a fire that has burnt through 14,000 hay bales south of Ashburton in Canterbury. The blaze broke out in two hay sheds housing 214,000 bales at Andrew Quigley Contracting in Winslow shortly before midnight on Wednesday. FENZ incident controller Carrie Swanson said the fire had been contained but 50 firefighters remained on site. She said it was too early to assess the full extent of the damage or how many bales had been destroyed. "Crews are working really hard to make sure that the exposures are protected, so that's other assets and buildings that are nearby, just to make sure that no embers are transporting onto those," she said. Swanson said heavy machinery was being brought in to remove the bales and crews expected to be there for the next day or two. It was not yet clear how the fire started, she said. Photo: RNZ / Nathan McKinnon Ashburton district councillor Rob Mackle saw smoke coming from the business the morning. He said Quigley was well-respected in Ashburton and the farming community. "It's a large contracting business, employs a number of staff, and they will be out there helping Andrew at the moment," she said. "There'll be a massive cleanup for him going ahead, but it is a great community here, they'll all be pitching in to help I imagine." Ashburton mayor Neil Brown was at the scene working a day shift for the fire brigade, Mackle said. He said he assumed the fire was caused by combustion, although that was yet to be determined. "If you put hay into a shed, there's always an element of risk of it heating up and catching alight. There is always that risk, but you do your best to mitigate that," he said. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
14-05-2025
- Climate
- RNZ News
Thousands of hay bales go up in smoke in barn fire near Ashburton
Generic fire truck. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Fire crews south of Ashburton have been battling a large rural fire burning through around 14,000 hay bales since late on Wednesday night. Fire and Emergency first received a 111 call to the blaze in two sheds at an agricultural contracting yard in Winslow. The two buildings have a combined total of around 214,000 hay bales inside them. The fire covered an area of 150m by 25m. Seven tankers, three fire trucks, two rural fire trucks and a command unit were at the scene. Fire and Emergency shift manager Simon Lyford said due to the hay bales burning the blaze would take some time to extinguish. People travelling in the area might see some smoke and the occasional flame. Lyford said there was no risk to life or homes, however, there were other buildings nearby on the yard that the fire crews were protecting.
