{"id":330731,"date":"2025-08-09T14:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T14:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/330731\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T14:17:09","slug":"huge-fire-breaks-out-at-morrisons-supermarket-petrol-station-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/330731\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge fire breaks out at Morrisons supermarket petrol station | UK | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fire broke out at a supermarket petrol station, injuring one person and forcing the evacuation of a nearby supermarket. Emergency services scrambled to the Morrisons petrol station in York Road, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/1931794\/uk-riots-doncaster-protest-far-right-one-person\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doncaster<\/a>, following reports of a vehicle on fire.<\/p>\n<p>A South Yorkshire <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> spokesperson said: &#8220;We were called at 10.23am this morning (9 August) to assist the fire service following a report of a vehicle on fire at a petrol station in York Road, Doncaster. &#8220;A road closure was put in place, with the petrol station and a nearby supermarket temporarily evacuated to ensure people&#8217;s safety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fire has since been extinguished, with all roads reopened and all evacuations lifted. &#8220;One person has been taken to hospital with a minor injury.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Black smoke was seen filling the sky as shocked bystanders watched on. Motorists were seen in footage hanging back as plumes of smoke billowed upwards.<\/p>\n<p>People were advised to avoid the area as the <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/1931794\/uk-riots-doncaster-protest-far-right-one-person\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blaze<\/a> raged in South Yorkshire, reports The Sun.<\/p>\n<p>Images and footage from the scene show police sealing off the road leading to the petrol station.<\/p>\n<p>All roads have now reopened and evacuations have been lifted, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage of the incident showed huge plumes of black smoke billowing from the\u00a0<a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/latest\/morrisons\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Morrisons<\/a>\u00a0petrol station as the shop becomes barely visible through the smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Customers and drivers can be seen stopping and looking at the blaze as the smoke begins to fill the area.<\/p>\n<p>South Yorkshire Police have since confirmed that the fire has been extinguished, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Morrisons has been approached for comment via email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire broke out at a supermarket petrol station, injuring one person and forcing the evacuation of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[27831,118828,6962,133,79713,1797,118827,118829,12,118830,16,15,2302],"class_list":{"0":"post-330731","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-doncaster","10":"tag-doncaster-fire","11":"tag-emergency-news","12":"tag-emergency-services","13":"tag-evacuation","14":"tag-morrisons","15":"tag-morrisons-petrol-station","16":"tag-morrisons-petrol-station-fire","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-south-yorkshire-emergency","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-yorkshire"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114999239994672642","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330731","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=330731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}