{"id":1167324,"date":"2026-08-24T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1167324\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T21:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T21:22:16","slug":"vehicle-left-a-blackened-shell-as-blaze-closes-road-in-crickhowell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1167324\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle left a blackened shell as blaze closes road in Crickhowell"},"content":{"rendered":"

One passerby said they heard ‘explosion’ sounds<\/p>\n

19:34, 24 Aug 2026Updated 19:42, 24 Aug 2026<\/p>\n

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Pictures of the scene show firefighters at the scene(Image: Bleddyn Carrington)<\/p>\n

Dramatic drone images show the aftermath of a vehicle fire that closed a road in both directions on Monday.<\/p>\n

The incident happened on the A40 in Crickhowell, affecting the route from the A4077 New Road to The Cider Mill Inn near Tretower turn off.<\/p>\n

The incident started at around 3.30pm, shutting the road entirely. Three-way traffic lights were put in place from 4pm. The incident was cleared as of around 6pm.<\/p>\n

Pictures of the scene show firefighters hosing down what appears to be a burnt out van which had been towing a caravan. Always keep on top of the latest Welsh news with our newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n

No flames are visible but thick smoke can be seen clouding the vehicle. A nearby bush had also caught fire.<\/p>\n

A passerby told WalesOnline \u201cexplosion\u201d sounds were heard as gas canisters blew.<\/p>\n

A spokesman for Dyfed-Powys Police said: “Dyfed-Powys Police received a call from the fire service with regards to a vehicle fire on the A40 at approximately 2.10pm on Monday (24\/8).<\/p>\n

“Officers attended the scene and assisted fire service colleagues by implementing a road closure on the A40 between Crickhowell and the junction with The Cider Mill Inn.”<\/p>\n

It came amid further traffic in Crickhowell due to campers leaving the Green Man Festival.<\/p>\n

There are closures near the site until later on Monday evening on the B4558 Cwm Crawnon Road and around the Glanusk Estate.<\/p>\n

The road has been open only to allow campers to leave the festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One passerby said they heard ‘explosion’ sounds 19:34, 24 Aug 2026Updated 19:42, 24 Aug 2026 Pictures of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1167325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,251081,4884,314129,760,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-1167324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wales","tag-britain","tag-crickhowell","tag-great-britain","tag-mid-and-west-wales-fire-and-rescue-service","tag-traffic-and-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117152590923889496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1167325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}