{"id":96273,"date":"2025-05-12T20:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96273\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:57:09","slug":"thick-black-smoke-seen-for-miles-as-firefighters-tackle-birmingham-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/96273\/","title":{"rendered":"Thick black smoke seen for miles as firefighters tackle Birmingham blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around 20 firefighters are in attendance at a blaze at Clarel Avenue, Saltley<a class=\"Badge_badge-link__41H_0 \" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/\" data-testid=\"badge-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_e48d81\"> birminghammail.co.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>20:02, 12 May 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1_c3420c4031ac504b6cc6318a48a67c48JPEG.jpg\" alt=\"Around 20 firefighters are in attendance at a blaze at Clarel Avenue, Saltley\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Around 20 firefighters are in attendance at a blaze at Clarel Avenue, Saltley(Image: Zoe Parker)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Around 20 firefighters are tackling a large blaze in Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Crews are currently at Clarel Avenue &#8211; a mostly industrial road &#8211; in Saltely this evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The nature of the incident is unknown, but drivers are being advised to avoid the area due to congestion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/face-killer-siblings-who-stabbed-31627147\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More: Face of killer siblings who stabbed man 20 times over wait for cannabis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Midlands Fire Service said: &#8220;We have five crews in attendance at Clarel Avenue, Saltley, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a>, where they have responded to a fire at this location.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Please avoid the area, where possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">West Midlands Roads said: &#8220;Due to this incident, congestion and delays are expected to build up in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Allow extra time to travel and consider other routes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/strong><\/a><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The blaze has sent thick plumes of black smoke high into the air, which could be seen for miles around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Many people have taken to social media to share their sightings of the smoke and enquire about the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Clarel Avenue, off Landor Street, is lined with heavy industries, including several skip and scrap car firms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">BirminghamLive has a suite of newsletters, tailored to your needs. They include Birmingham Politics, Nostalgia, Court and Crime Updates and, of course, BirminghamLive Daily &#8211; the biggest stories of the day sent at morning, lunch and evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">There are also local ones like Black Country News, MySolihull and MySuttonColdfield. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Choose which newsletters best suit youLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Choose which newsletters best suit you<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 20 firefighters are in attendance at a blaze at Clarel Avenue, SaltleyNews birminghammail.co.uk 20:02, 12 May 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,26710,16,15,13284],"class_list":{"0":"post-96273","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-saltley","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-midlands-fire-service"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114496867131389447","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96273","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=96273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}