“There was a large amount of smoke,” the spokesperson said.
“We were dampening down the hot spots and the fire was out by 10.28am.”
Fireys left the incident in the hands of police and the Transport and Main Roads officers on scene.
A Queensland Police Service spokesperson said all eastbound lanes were briefly closed, bringing motorway traffic to a standstill.
He said lanes had since reopened.
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Police have made an unsettling discovery after pulling over a speeding Queensland driver on a busy motorway.
A black two-seater ute was pulled over on the Ipswich Motorway near Wacol on February 28 when a highway officer clocked the driver speeding at 116km/h.
When the officer asked the woman behind the wheel to step out of the vehicle so he could inspect it, he discovered a young child crouched down behind the passenger s seat.
When the officer asked the woman behind the wheel to step out of the vehicle so he could inspect it, he discovered a young child crouched down behind the passenger s seat.(Queensland Police)
17:36 EDT, 8 March 2021
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A seven-year-old girl has been found crouched behind the passenger seat of a tiny two-seater ute after police pulled the driver over for speeding.
The black ute was clocked by a highway officer moving at 116km/h on the Ipswich Motorway, south-west of Brisbane, at about 6pm on February 28.
When the policeman asked the female passenger to step out of the car so he could inspect the gear box, he made the shocking discovery.
Highway patrol asked the passenger (pictured) to get out of the car after the driver was caught speeding What s behind the seat here? he could be heard asking on bodycam footage.
Police fear Queensland could be headed for one of its worst road tolls in more than a decade, with drivers put on notice for making "absolutely stupid decisions" behind the wheel.