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<\/p>\nEmergency services are on the scene after the fire erupted at a landmark former pub in Oldham<\/p>\n
21:24, 22 May 2026Updated 23:00, 22 May 2026<\/p>\n
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Crews at the scene on Friday night(Image: Dan Mclaughlin)<\/p>\n
Firefighters rushed to a fire at a landmark former pub in Oldham <\/a>tonight (Friday). Crews were called to the now-derelict Weavers Arms building, on Oldham Road in Failsworth,<\/a> shortly before 6.40pm.<\/p>\n Three fire engines were pictured at the scene. Pictures show crews using an aerial platform to douse water on the building from above.<\/p>\n Firefighting efforts contuinued for several hours into the night, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n A spokesperson said: \u201cShortly after 6.38pm this evening (Friday 22 May), three fire engines from Manchester Central<\/a>, Hollins and Phillips Park fire stations were called to reports of a derelict building fire on Oldham<\/a> Road in Failsworth<\/a>, Manchester.<\/p>\n Crews used breathing apparatus and jets to tackle the fire(Image: Dan Mclaughlin)<\/p>\n \u201cCrews arrived quickly at the scene. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are using hose reels, two jets, and a turntable ladder to extinguish the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n There are not believed to be have any reports of any injuries. The pub is said to have ceased trading in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services are on the scene after the fire erupted at a landmark former pub in Oldham 21:24,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":598840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[26671,59,57,58,39455,50,49881,2438,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-598839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-failsworth-and-hollinwood","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-moston","tag-news","tag-newton-heath","tag-oldham","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598839","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=598839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_Image_20260522_194307_409jpeg.jpg\")
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