Update 7.11pm
One person has died following a collision near Gunning on the Hume Highway tonight.
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About 5pm on April 23, emergency services attended the accident on the highway, east of Gunning.
The northbound lane was immediately closed and it is likely it will remain closed throughout the night. Southbound lanes have re-opened.
On scene, officers from the Hume Police District were told a northbound prime mover crashed into a B-double, which was broken down in lane one.
The impact caused the prime mover to catch alight. The driver died at the scene and has not been formally identified.
The driver of the broken-down truck was not injured and is speaking with police, who have established a perimeter around the scene.
Investigators are appealing for anyone who witnessed the crash to contact police.
Northbound motorists are advised to expect delays.
6.35pm
Live Traffic NSW has updated traffic directions at 6.19pm.
Motorists travelling north towards Goulburn and Sydney are advised by police to come off the Hume Highway at Gunning to avoid the incident.
6.16pm
Up to 20 trucks that were close to the scene of the accident are unable to turn around.
The drivers face an overnight stay as emergency service crews work to clear the site.
6.07pm
Emergency services have advised the northbound lanes will likely be closed all night, with traffic diverted via the Barton and Federal highways.
All southbound lanes of the Hume Highway are now open at Gunning.
Motorists should allow at least an hour extra travel time. Emergency services remain at the crash site and traffic crews are also attending.
It is believed one of the trucks was carrying foam insulated panels; and that the other truck was carrying cement products.
6pm
The Traffic Management Centre has advised that all southbound lanes of the Hume Highway are open at Gunning following this afternoon's truck fire.
However northbound lanes remain closed and traffic is being diverted via the Barton and Federal Highways. Motorists should allow at least an extra hour of travel time.
5.53pm
Acting Inspector David Cowell of Yass Police Station has confirmed that there has been one fatality.
No other details have been confirmed.
Two trucks were alight. Currently, one of the vehicles has been fully extinguished and the Rural Fire Services (RFS) is working to extinguish the other.
The drivers of one vehicle has been taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Emergency services at the scene include NSW Police, RFS, Ambulance, Fire and Rescue NSW.
5.30pm
The Hume Highway south of Goulburn is blocked in both directions following a truck fire.
Emergency services, including ambulance, were called to the scene before 5pm.
Police said one truck was fully engulfed in the northbound lane, some 5km north of Gunning. Two trucks were involved in the accident but the other was not alight.
Numerous Rural Fire Service crews are attending the scene.
The Transport Management Centre is advising motorists in light vehicles to use Cullerin Road as an alternative route between Gunning and Breadalbane but should allow extra travel time.
"Heavy vehicles will need to use a longer diversion via the Barton Highway and the Federal Highway. This adds around an hour to the journey," a spokesman said.
Traffic crews are also responding to the accident.
More details to come
