A B-Double Truck has rolled and has caught alight on the Hume Highway near Berremangra

Northbound Hume Hwy is blocked. Police advised traffic could be delayed for several hours, traffic is being diverted at Coolac, via Cootamundra and Harden.

Yass Police Station, OIC Acting Inspector Dave Cowell is on scene and has described that the truck was laden with compressed cardboard which the RFS Fire and Rescue NSW along with private machinery are working on, to remove the burning load to get traffic moving.

Police advised to take caution if in the area. The driver was not seriously injured and the cause of the accident is under investigation.

Acting Inspector Dave Cowell is urging drivers to take care over this long weekend on the roads. To stay off mobile phones and stay alert and reminds all drivers that double demerits will be in force over the period.