Hawke's Bay police are still carrying out enquiries about a car fire which closed part of the Napier-Hastings Expressway for an hour last night.
The car, a Nissan Primera, had been pushed down a bank near the Taradale on-off ramp just after 9pm and set alight.
"It had been abandoned," a fire service spokesperson said.
There was no sign of anyone at the scene when police and firefighters arrived.
The fire quickly engulfed the car and spread to nearby grass and shrubbery, meaning north-bound lane had to be closed off while the fire was fought.