Watch: Peak hour chaos on busy motorway after truck bursts into flames

Commuters are in for traffic chaos on Monday morning after a truck burst into flames on a major motorway.

A truck has burst into flames on a major Queensland motorway, causing peak hour chaos for commuters on the Gold Coast.

Significant delays are expected, with southbound lanes closed at Exit 45 of the Pacific Motorway at Ormeau.

A truck fire on the M1 at Ormeau on the Gold Coast on Monday morning.

Emergency services were called to the scene just before 6am, and paramedics assessed one patient in a stable condition.

“The patient was uninjured and did not require transport to hospital,” a Queensland Ambulance spokesperson said.

Fire crews had the fire “under control” by 6.25am and left the scene in the hands of police shortly after 7am.

A QFES spokeswoman said the fire had started in the cab of a B-double.

Originally published as Watch: Peak hour chaos on busy motorway after truck bursts into flames