Emergency services rushed to the scene of a dramatic truck fire on Saturday evening.
It is understood that a truck carrying hay bales ignited on the M1 in Co Louth, at J18 Carlingford at around 4:15pm.
Diversions remained in place on Saturday night after part of the motorway was closed while fire services battled the blaze.
Gardai say that nobody was injured during the incident.
In a statement, gardai said: "Gardaí and fire services are currently at an incident on the M1 Northbound at J18 Carlingford at approximately 4.15pm today 27 July 2019.
"The incident involved a truck carrying bales of hay that set alight.
"No injuries were reported .
"The lanes northbound, remain closed with diversions at junction 17 and re-entering at junction 18."
