{"id":85452,"date":"2026-07-18T10:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/85452\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T10:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:13:18","slug":"car-fire-sparks-massive-moorland-blaze-as-drivers-on-busy-route-risk-delays-and-road-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/85452\/","title":{"rendered":"Car fire sparks massive moorland blaze as drivers on busy route risk delays and road closures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motorists are facing long delays in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire this morning following a devastating moorland blaze, which prompted a car fire.<\/p>\n

The A628 Woodhead Pass remains closed in both directions between the A57 (Hollingworth) and the A616 (Flouch) due to the fire.<\/p>\n

The Woodhead Pass has been closed since around 2.30pm yesterday (July 16) afternoon after a car fire, which spread to the surrounding moorlands.<\/p>\n

Images from the scene show a burnt-out car on a verge at the side of the road, with smoke emanating from the ruins of the vehicle and the moorland.<\/p>\n

Multiple agencies have been involved in the response, including Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, National Highways and South Yorkshire Police.<\/p>\n

Yesterday evening, at around 11pm, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that crews had left the area.<\/p>\n

It cited fading light as the reason to stop work, although National Highways stated that SYFR expects to remain at the scene until at least Sunday, July 19.<\/p>\n

Plans are being put in place to return to the scene of the fire to assess the situation and begin work again.<\/p>\n

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The blaze on the Derbyshire Moorlands started from a car fire<\/p>\n

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NATIONAL HIGHWAYS<\/p>\n

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue encouraged motorists to avoid the area as traffic was already starting to build.<\/p>\n

Traffic at the scene is being diverted via local routes, as delays on the road could last for much of today.<\/p>\n

National Highways stated that traffic travelling from further afield may want to use other trans-Pennine routes, including the M1, M62 and M60.<\/p>\n

It added: “If this closure impacts on your planned route, please allow extra journey time. Plan ahead, you may wish to re-route or even delay your journey.”<\/p>\n

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Crews from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service have been involved in the operation<\/p>\n

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NATIONAL HIGHWAYS<\/p>\n

The transport organisation and South Yorkshire Police decided that the A628 should remain closed in both directions.<\/p>\n

It highlighted safety issues as a result of this fire and another unrelated blaze at Tintwistle, which attracted a large response from fire crews.<\/p>\n

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed that it was scaling back operations overnight at Tintwistle Moor amid a “major wildfire incident”.<\/p>\n

Around 80 firefighting personnel have been working at the scene this week, with crews continuing to contain and suppress nearby communities.<\/p>\n

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Traffic at the scene is being diverted via local routes <\/p>\n

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NATIONAL HIGHWAYS<\/p>\n

It stated: “Today, firefighters are tackling hotspots in the Digsbury Intake, Featherbed Moss and Crowden areas. The main focus of operations is currently near Arnfield Moor.<\/p>\n

“Ground crews and aerial firefighting resources will remain in action throughout the day, supported by neighbouring fire and rescue services and partner agencies.”<\/p>\n

For those travelling in the area, DFRS told drivers to expect some disruption on the A628 while safe access to the incident is maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motorists are facing long delays in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire this morning following a devastating moorland blaze, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[380,453,2745,424,18,165,683,5,6,1612],"class_list":["post-85452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","tag-across-the-uk","tag-cars","tag-east-midlands","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-roads","tag-traffic-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-yorkshire"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116940452842914551","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}