{"id":598781,"date":"2026-05-22T22:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598781\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:40:10","slug":"wigan-fire-recap-as-emergency-services-scrambled-and-residents-told-to-keep-doors-and-windows-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/598781\/","title":{"rendered":"Wigan fire RECAP as emergency services scrambled and residents told to keep doors and windows closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said:\u201cShortly after 5:53pm this afternoon (Friday 22 May), fire crews were called to reports of a fire at a commercial building on Leopold Steet in Pemberton, Wigan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cFive fire engines from GMFRS, one fire engine from Lancashire Fire Service and one fire engine from Cheshire Fire Service arrived quickly at the scene. Firefighters are using hose reels and specialist firefighting equipment to extinguish the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cFirefighters have been in attendance for around one hour and 15 minutes and are working with colleagues from Greater Manchester Police and North West Ambulance Service to make the area safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cDue to large amounts of smoke, residents are advised to keep doors and windows shut and avoid the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said:\u201cShortly after 5:53pm this afternoon (Friday 22 May),&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55,2448],"class_list":["post-598781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wigan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598781","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=598781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}