{"id":779459,"date":"2026-02-21T13:39:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/779459\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T13:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:39:34","slug":"psni-investigating-early-morning-fire-in-co-armagh-as-fire-service-remain-at-scene-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/779459\/","title":{"rendered":"PSNI investigating early morning fire in Co Armagh as fire service remain at scene \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The PSNI are investigating after a fire broke out at a commercial premises in Co Armagh in the early hours of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The incident happened in the Ballyards Road area of Milford just before 4am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Northern Ireland Fire &amp; Rescue Service remain at the scene and enquiries are continuing to establish the circumstances surrounding the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A spokesperson for the NIFRS said the fire is now \u201cunder control\u201d, with a scaled back attendance expected to remain on scene for a number of hours.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/hiding-in-plain-sight-belfast-community-uncovers-land-for-3300-homes-AZLAGKNGCRH7NG24RTEINCFKVM\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;Hiding in plain sight&#x2019;: Belfast community uncovers land for 3,300 homes\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771681172_345_VONA7EOXX5CVXIFINBVT5AGA5I.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/local-homes-for-local-people-planned-protest-branded-racist-ZQKVYOVNMFDH3C7CAP4FBJYI7E\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;Local homes for local people&#x2019; planned protest branded &#x2018;racist&#x2019;\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Q3EKCA3HDRC6BH5YIOI57NPUIQ.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cLocal residents are still advised to keep windows and doors closed as a precaution,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Over 50 firefighters from stations in Armagh, Keady, Portadown, Banbridge, Dungannon, Newtownhamilton and Lisburn, as well as a water tanker from Pomeroy attended the scene to bring the fire under control.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Over 50 firefighters are attending a fire in Co Armagh on Saturday morning.&#10;&#10;The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service received a call at around 3.45am about the incident at a commercial premises on the Ballyards Road in the Milford area.&#10;PICTURE COLM LENAGHAN\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/M6HMO45PHBBNVLA2GOSDVFIGZA.jpeg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"499\"\/>The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service received a call at around 3.45am about the incident at a commercial premises on the Ballyards Road in the Milford area. PICTURE COLM LENAGHAN <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police are appealing to anyone with any information to contact them on 101 quoting reference number 230 of 21\/2\/26.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The public can submit a report online using the non-emergency reporting form via www.psni.police.uk\/makeareport\/ or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at http:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The PSNI are investigating after a fire broke out at a commercial premises in Co Armagh in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5011],"tags":[99199,252,7916,1144,16,15],"class_list":["post-779459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-northern-ireland","tag-armagh","tag-fire","tag-nifrs","tag-northern-ireland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116108903639546558","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779459","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=779459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}