{"id":596386,"date":"2026-05-21T15:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/596386\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:45:11","slug":"vehicle-in-flames-at-petrol-station-as-key-route-shut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/596386\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle in flames at petrol station as key route shut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major road is closed both ways<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vehicle on fire next to Esso fuel station on the A487 at Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_Fire.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Vehicle on fire next to Esso fuel station on the A487 at Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Vehicle on fire next to Esso fuel station on the A487 at Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd(Image: Elwyn Lewis)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A vehicle has burst into flames next to a petrol station forecourt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Emergency services were called shortly before 2pm today (Thursday, May 21) to the Esso fuel station on the A487 at Penrhyndeudraeth, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/gwynedd\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Gwynedd<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Images show a vehicle, thought to be a camper van, engulfed in fire a matter of yards from the forecourt pumps. The A487 is closed both ways as a result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Locals told our sister website North Wales Live that fire crews were on the scene. You can follow their live coverage <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/a487-fire-live-penrhyndeudraeth-emergency-33988361\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Get daily breaking news updates on your phone by joining <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FhCH5HyTE7c59DPUcRMUXk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">our WhatsApp community here<\/a>. We occasionally treat members to special offers, promotions and ads from us and our partners. See our <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reachplc.com\/site-services\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Privacy Notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major road is closed both ways Vehicle on fire next to Esso fuel station on the A487&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,12956,50,2208,981,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-596386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-gwynedd","tag-news","tag-north-wales","tag-traffic-and-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596386","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=596386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}