{"id":368237,"date":"2025-08-23T22:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T22:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368237\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T22:08:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T22:08:12","slug":"fire-in-north-wales-could-be-seen-for-miles-as-more-than-70-people-ring-999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368237\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire in North Wales could be seen for miles as more than 70 people ring 999"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency services tackled the blaze overnight<a class=\"AuthorLink_author-link__rg5qj\" data-tmdatatrack=\"author\" data-testid=\"byline-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/authors\/dan-haygarth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Dan Haygarth<\/strong><\/a> Liverpool Daily Post Editor and Regeneration Reporter and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_09cdb8\">David Powell<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>22:46, 23 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_North-Wales-fireJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Flames on Mynydd Bodafon in Llanerchymedd on Anglesey could be seen for miles\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Flames on Mynydd Bodafon in Llanerchymedd on Anglesey could be seen for miles(Image: Louise Chapman)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A fire on in North Wales could be seen for miles and led to more than 70 calls to the fire service. Emergency services were called to the blaze on Mynydd Bodafon in Llanerchymedd on the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/north-wales\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Isle of AngleseyLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Isle of Anglesey<\/a> at 8.39pm on Friday, August 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">There were over 20 firefighters dealing with the incident at its height. Relief crews then took over. A North Wales Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said crews from Amlwch, Benllech, Llangefni and Menai Bridge, and a wildfire unit from Caernarfon, were sent, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/fierce-mountain-fire-anglesey-leads-32335447\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"reports North Wales Live.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">reports North Wales Live.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The flames were visible from a long way away as the island is so flat. In total about 70 people rang 999 to report the fire, said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In a statement the fire service said last night: &#8220;Please stay away from the area and do not park on roads near the incident so fire crews can deal with the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Roads in the area will be closed.&#8221; People were urged not to ring 999 as NWFRS were already aware of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">For the latest news and breaking news visit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get all the big headlines, pictures, analysis, opinion and video on the stories that matter to you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Join the Liverpool ECHO Breaking News and Top Stories WhatsApp community to receive the latest news straight to your phone <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/liverpool-news\/join-liverpool-echos-whatsapp-community-26664885\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">by clicking here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=5ec7f1cc-052c-409a-a8f2-739597fa11c9&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Don&#8217;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the Echo Daily newsletter here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services tackled the blaze overnightDan Haygarth Liverpool Daily Post Editor and Regeneration Reporter and David Powell 22:46,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,11746,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-368237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-north-wales","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115080364416509426","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368237","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=368237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}