{"id":303544,"date":"2026-02-18T02:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/303544\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:49:13","slug":"intense-blaze-engulfs-car-during-busy-evening-traffic-in-waterford-city-centre-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/303544\/","title":{"rendered":"Intense blaze engulfs car during busy evening traffic in Waterford City centre &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">A car went on fire on Waterford city&#8217;s Bridge Street this evening, causing significant delays in the area of Rice Bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Bridge Street has been temporarily closed both ways as emergency services attend the scene, including a number of units from the Fire Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Emergency Services were called to the scene at approximately 6.50pm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3834487_1_articleinline_Road_closed.jpg\" alt=\"Bridge Street in Waterford city was closed to traffic as emergency services attended the scene of a car fire.\" title=\"Bridge Street in Waterford city was closed to traffic as emergency services attended the scene of a car fire.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Bridge Street in Waterford city was closed to traffic as emergency services attended the scene of a car fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">According to a witness close to the scene &#8211; which happened adjacent to the Fitzwilton Hotel and St Saviour&#8217;s Church &#8211; the car spontaneously caught fire. While the blaze was intense and dramatic, nearby buildings do not appear to be affected. Also, the occupants of the car were uninjured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The public is advised to avoid the area if possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A car went on fire on Waterford city&#8217;s Bridge Street this evening, causing significant delays in the area&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-303544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}