{"id":978572,"date":"2026-05-22T21:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/978572\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:59:24","slug":"oldham-road-pub-on-fire-as-emergency-services-tackle-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/978572\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldham Road pub on fire as emergency services tackle blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emergency services are on the scene after the fire erupted at a landmark former pub in Oldham<\/p>\n

Crews at the scene on Friday night(Image: Dan Mclaughlin)<\/p>\n

Firefighters are tackling a fire at a landmark former pub in Oldham <\/a>tonight (Friday). Crews were called to the now derelict Weavers Arms building, on Oldham Road in Failsworth,<\/a> shortly before 6.40pm.<\/p>\n

Three fire engines are currently at the scene. Pictures show crews using an aerial platform to douse water on the building from above.<\/p>\n

Firefighting efforts are contuing, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said.<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson said: \u201cShortly after 6.38pm this evening (Friday 22 May), three fire engines from Manchester Central<\/a>, Hollins and Phillips Park fire stations were called to reports of a derelict building fire on Oldham<\/a> Road in Failsworth<\/a>, Manchester.<\/p>\n

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Crews used breathing apparatus and jets to tackle the fire(Image: Dan Mclaughlin)<\/p>\n

\u201cCrews arrived quickly at the scene. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are using hose reels, two jets, and a turntable ladder to extinguish the fire. Firefighters are still at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are not believed to be have any reports of any injuries. The pub is said to have ceased trading in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services are on the scene after the fire erupted at a landmark former pub in Oldham Crews…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":978573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,37681,4884,2465,17557,11637,1286,16,15],"class_list":["post-978572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-failsworth-and-hollinwood","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-moston","tag-newton-heath","tag-oldham","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116620478696716580","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978572","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=978572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/978572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/978573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=978572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=978572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=978572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}