{"id":653924,"date":"2026-08-24T14:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/653924\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:12:10","slug":"residents-warned-to-shut-windows-as-large-tyre-fire-sends-smoke-over-north-dublin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/653924\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents warned to shut windows as large tyre fire sends smoke over north Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RESIDENTS IN PARTS of north Dublin are being advised to close their windows and doors after a large quantity of tyres caught fire this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The fire broke out at an agricultural site in the Ballyboughal area this morning, with Dublin Fire Brigade arriving at the scene at 10.53am.<\/p>\n<p>Smoke from the blaze has been visible in the surrounding area, with local residents advised to keep windows and doors closed as a precaution if they are affected.<\/p>\n<p>Five fire engines were sent to the scene, including a water tanker and a specialist foam tender.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 20 firefighters have been involved in tackling the blaze, with crews from Swords, Balbriggan, Phibsborough and Tara Street fire stations attending.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters used breathing apparatus while tackling the fire, which was brought under control shortly before midday, at 11.58am.<\/p>\n<p>Dublin Fire Brigade had earlier said crews were making good progress at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire is not yet known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RESIDENTS IN PARTS of north Dublin are being advised to close their windows and doors after a large&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[263585,9,10,52,51,18,13,14,10228,91462,6,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,276471],"class_list":["post-653924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ballyboughal","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-dublin","tag-dublin-fire-brigade","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-fire","tag-firefighters","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-tyre-fire"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}