{"id":732841,"date":"2026-08-09T21:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/732841\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:24:17","slug":"smoke-seen-as-huge-fire-breaks-out-at-didcot-landfill-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/732841\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoke seen as huge fire breaks out at Didcot landfill site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Smoke can be seen billowing from a fire at the Didcot landfill site.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Black smoke could be seen clearly from miles around.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Didcot landfill site fire (Image: Contributed)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26447713.british-eventing-horse-trials---inquest-opens-mums-tragic-death\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British Eventing Horse Trials &#8211; Inquest opens after mum&#8217;s tragic death<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a Facebook post, Cllr Ian Snowdon, who represents Didcot, said: &#8220;A large fire has broken out at the Didcot landfill site this evening, with emergency services currently on scene.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Please avoid the area and keep clear of emergency services while they deal with the incident.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a Facebook post, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service said: &#8220;We are attending an incident at Appleford Sidings, Sutton Courtney, Abingdon, which has caused a smoke plume to develop. Our current advice is to go in doors and close windows and doors, consider turning off air-conditioning if you are located close to the incident.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smoke can be seen billowing from a fire at the Didcot landfill site. Black smoke could be seen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-732841","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"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732841","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=732841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}