{"id":420238,"date":"2026-02-11T17:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/420238\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:00:09","slug":"manhole-cover-explodes-in-dunfermline-forcing-road-to-close-and-public-urged-to-stay-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/420238\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhole cover &#8216;explodes&#8217; in Dunfermline forcing road to close and public urged to stay away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A manhole cover has exploded in Dunfermline, forcing a road to be closed.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the city\u2019s Townhill Road on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Albany Street, Bellyeoman Road and Leys Park Road have been closed by officers following the explosion.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/30f8aceb8a8f45b5f1f0b947c4b2c58c-1770804809.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   alt=\"Townhill Road in Dunfermline is closed after a manhole exploded.\"\/>Fife Jammer LocationsTownhill Road in Dunfermline is closed after a manhole exploded. Fife Jammer Locations<\/p>\n<p>Locals have been urged to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>In CCTV footage from the scene, the manhole can be seen flying into the air, followed by a billowing cloud.<\/p>\n<p>A Police Scotland spokesperson said: \u201cAlbany Street, Bellyeoman Road and Leys Park Road in Dunfermline are closed after a manhole cover exploded on Townhill Road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public is asked to avoid the area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A manhole cover has exploded in Dunfermline, forcing a road to be closed. Emergency services were called to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-420238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}