{"id":222445,"date":"2025-06-28T22:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/222445\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T22:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T22:44:10","slug":"birmingham-multi-storey-car-park-fire-as-crews-remain-at-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/222445\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham multi-storey car park fire as crews remain at scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police were also called as the top floor of the car park near Broad Street went up in flames<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_Tennant-street-birmingham.jpg\" alt=\"Tennant Street in Birmingham where a multi-storey car park was on fire \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Tennant Street in Birmingham where a multi-storey car park was on fire <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The rooftop level of a multi-storey car park in Birmingham city centre was on fire tonight (Saturday June 28).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Firefighters remain at the scene in Tennant Street, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>, near <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/broad-street-birmingham\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Broad Street<\/a>, as crews make sure the fire hasn&#8217;t spread.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Several nearby roads have been closed off, including Tennant Street and Bishop Gate Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Read more <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/severn-trent-kidderminster-apology-breaking-31953876 \" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Two West Midland postcodes hit by 24-hour water outage as Severn Trent issues apology<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Five fire engines and a hydraulic aerial platform were sent to the car park just after 9pm tonight, along with officers from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">No-one has been injured and the cause of the fire has not yet been established.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A West Midlands Fire Service spokesman said: &#8220;We were called at 9.06pm on Saturday 28 June, to reports of a fire involving the top level of a six-storey multi-storey car park on Tennant Street, Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>We need to talk about knife crime<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Kids aged 12 are being killed here in Birmingham. Our children need action, and they need it now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">We&#8217;ve spent three months investigating the root causes of knife crime to understand the risks our kids face.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">We spent time with those on the front line for our exclusive report, Deep Cuts. Read<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/deepcuts.birminghamlive.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" hereLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a> to see exactly why we&#8217;re pushing for these changes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">1. Free <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/fund-our-fight-against-knife-crime-support-our-youth-hub?lang=en_GB&amp;ts=1748611005&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp13_c-amp14_t2&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=whatsapp&amp;attribution_id=sl%3Ac099d311-e5fe-421d-b7ac-bdc14691cd98&amp;v=amp14_t2\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">after-school clubs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">When school ends, kids become vulnerable to the streets<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">2. More talk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Would you know if your child was being exploited by a gang?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">3. Social media controls<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Violence. Gangs. Bullying. Kids need shielding from the online dangers<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">4. Tougher sentences for knife possession<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">There has to be a deterrent for young people<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">5.<\/strong><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> Real punishment for weapon sellers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Unlimited fines for those selling knives to underage kids<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Our first crews arrived in just over three minutes. In total, five fire engines and a hydraulic aerial platform responded, along with officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;&#8221;The fire was located on the open rooftop level of the car park and involved a smoking shelter. No vehicles are involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;West Midlands Police are on the scene, assisting with crowd and traffic control. Several nearby roads, including Tennant Street and Bishop Gate Street, have been closed to allow crews to work safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Electricity board engineers were requested to help isolate power in affected buildings due to water damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The fire has been brought under control and extinguished. Crews are continuing to check for fire spread and making the scene safe. There are no reported casualties.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police were also called as the top floor of the car park near Broad Street went up in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,983,748,82514,393,4884,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-222445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city-centre","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-broad-street-birmingham","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222445","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=222445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}