{"id":792400,"date":"2026-10-05T06:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T06:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792400\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T06:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T06:24:16","slug":"firefighters-tackle-scrap-metal-blaze-at-linlithgow-recycling-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/792400\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters tackle scrap metal blaze at Linlithgow recycling centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighters are tackling a scrap metal blaze at a recycling centre in West Lothian. <\/p>\n<p>Emergency services were called to the fire on Sunday at Linlithgow involving a \u201clarge quantity of scrap metal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said it was in attendance to the blaze, close to the A706.<\/p>\n<p>Locals have reported thick black smoke in the area, loud bangs and strong smells of plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Residents have been urged to keep windows and doors closed and avoid the area where possible.<\/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\/10\/1791181456_114_whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters are tackling a scrap metal blaze at a recycling centre in West Lothian. Emergency services were called&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-792400","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\/792400","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=792400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}