{"id":547614,"date":"2026-07-13T15:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/547614\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T15:24:11","slug":"section-of-m6-motorway-closed-due-to-westmeath-bog-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/547614\/","title":{"rendered":"Section of M6 motorway closed due to Westmeath bog fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists are being advised that section of the M6 motorway in Co Westmeath is closed due to poor visibility, as a result of a bog fire.<\/p>\n<p>The fire at Drumman bog in Miltownpass broke out at around 10am this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The M6 is closed in both directions between Junction 2 Kinnegad and Junction 3 Rochfortbridge.<\/p>\n<p>All traffic is being diverted via the R446.<\/p>\n<p>Westmeath County Council is advising motorists to allow extra travel time and to drive with caution.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">The M6 (East &amp; Westbound) is currently closed between Kinnegad and Rochfordbridge, Co. Westmeath<\/p>\n<p>This is due to fire on lands near the M6 causing poor visibility. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vk5Od1CAua\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vk5Od1CAua<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na (@GardaTraffic) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GardaTraffic\/status\/2076653160815382760\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists are being advised that section of the M6 motorway in Co Westmeath is closed due to poor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-547614","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\/547614","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=547614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}