Traffic alert: Longwood truck fire results in Hume Fwy closure

All Melbourne-bound lanes of the Hume Fwy at Violet Town are likely to be closed until this afternoon. Photo by Megan Fisher

All Melbourne-bound lanes of the Hume Fwy are closed at Violet Town, due to a truck fire at Longwood.

Motorists should take Murchison-Violet Town Road and the Goulburn Valley Freeway to re-join the Hume Fwy at Seymour.

The closure is likely to remain in place until this afternoon.

North-bound lanes are open.

The scene is under the control of emergency services, and lanes will open as soon as it is safe to do so.

Real-time traffic conditions are available at traffic.transport.vic.gov.au