{"id":529604,"date":"2026-07-02T15:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/529604\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:44:09","slug":"cork-fire-crews-tackle-knocknaheeny-blaze-as-jack-lynch-tunnel-collision-closes-n40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/529604\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork fire crews tackle Knocknaheeny blaze as Jack Lynch Tunnel collision closes N40"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Garda\u00ed and emergency services are currently at the scene of a fire involving multiple homes on Cork city\u2019s northside, while emergency crews are also responding to a multi-vehicle collision at the Jack Lynch Tunnel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It is understood that members of Cork City Fire Brigade are tackling a blaze affecting at least two adjoining houses on Kilmore Road in Knocknaheeny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It is not known at this time whether anyone has been injured in the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, garda\u00ed and members of the National Ambulance Service are also at the scene of a multi-vehicle collision at the Jack Lynch Tunnel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The incident, involving a van and a car, occurred in the eastbound lane of the N40 on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A spokesperson for An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na told The Echo motorists are advised to take alternative routes as the road remained closed following the collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It is also not known at this time whether anyone has been injured in the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n             More to follow&#8230;\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed and emergency services are currently at the scene of a fire involving multiple homes on Cork city\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-529604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529604","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=529604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}