{"id":255028,"date":"2025-07-11T02:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T02:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/255028\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T02:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T02:20:13","slug":"loud-bangs-from-arson-attack-wakes-sleeping-residents-in-bristol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/255028\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Loud bangs&#8217; from arson attack wakes sleeping residents in Bristol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One resident said a flash of light came through his window<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_AD_10-07-2025_bathroad.jpg\" alt=\"A fire was located on Bath Road, Bristol.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A fire was located on Bath Road, Bristol.(Image: Submitted image)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Residents were woken up by loud bangs coming from a rubbish fire in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, July 10) in Bristol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The arson attack was reported to the fire service shortly before 3am and was located on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/bath-and-north-east-somerset\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Bath<\/a> Road, in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/brislington\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Brislington<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The fire, which stemmed from a pile of rubbish, was thought to be caused deliberately, according to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/avon-fire-and-rescue\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Avon Fire and Rescue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Crews came from Hicks Gate to extinguish the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/fires\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A resident who was woken up by the blaze said he had heard a large bang before a flash of light came through his window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He told Bristol Live: &#8220;I woke up to a big white flash following a loud bang out of my living room window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;People from the neighbourhood came outside and questioned what was going on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Everyone was woken up by all the loud bangs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for Avon and Fire Rescue said: &#8220;Crews from Hicks Gate Fire Station responded to reports of a fire on Bath Road, Brislington at 2:56am on Thursday, July 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Firefighters found a fire involving a large quantity of rubbish and safely extinguished the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The cause of the fire is thought to be deliberate.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One resident said a flash of light came through his windowA fire was located on Bath Road, 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