{"id":463720,"date":"2025-09-30T18:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/463720\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T18:24:26","slug":"damuscus-street-hazardous-material-unit-deployed-in-the-holylands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/463720\/","title":{"rendered":"Damuscus Street: Hazardous material unit deployed in the Holylands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LATEST\u00a0|\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/70c727d1-8c2f-4f42-9341-28cbb1f266da.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a3700e8d-ba97-470e-ae6b-00819811aa63.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8272c776-5a3e-44b6-af3c-150d646ec756.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/f648ffa5-3640-4c1a-98c2-51e5d4f3f5ac.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Several streets in south Belfast have been sealed off as a precaution while emergency services deal with an ongoing incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Police, ambulance and the fire service were tasked to Damuscus Street in the Holylands area shortly before 5.30pm on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Around 30 firefighters, including a specialist hazardous materials unit, are at the scene. <\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Belfast Telegraph understands it relates to possible substances discovered inside a property at the time of the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A number of streets have now been sealed off as a precaution with residents of Damascus Street advised to close their windows and doors. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/70c727d1-8c2f-4f42-9341-28cbb1f266da.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast on September 30th 2025 (Photo by Kevin Scott)<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_caption1 beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_secondary beltel-66f0fec7_regular beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom0 beltel-1d70522a_marginleft0 beltel-1d70522a_marginright0 beltel-1d70522a_margintop3 beltel-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">News Catch Up &#8211; Monday 29th September<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Two search and rescue teams, three ambulances, six police cars and four fire appliances attended the incident. <\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The Belfast Telegraph understands that one person has been detained at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"beltel-ebe0ecc6_root beltel-ebe0ecc6_paragraph beltel-300db776_none beltel-91174671_primary beltel-1d70522a_marginbottom5 beltel-1d70522a_margintop0 beltel-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The incident is ongoing and is expected to last for several hours, with no further details available at this stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LATEST\u00a0|\u00a0 Emergency services at the scene of serious ongoing incident in the Holylands area of south Belfast 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