Emergency services were called to an oil tank fire on Mourneview Avenue in Lurgan on Friday morning, with crews attending a residential area close to Glenavon Football Club. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at 11:43 BST.
Three fire service appliances were in attendance at the scene. Police asked road users and members of the public to avoid the area while crews dealt with the fire.
Mourneview Avenue in Lurgan
The fire took place in County Armagh, on a road that sits in a residential area. For anyone trying to travel through that part of Lurgan, the practical instruction was simple: stay away from Mourneview Avenue until the response on the street had eased.
The incident centred on an oil tank, not a wider blaze across multiple buildings. That limits what can be said about the scale of the fire, and the available details stop at the response already on scene: three appliances and a police warning to keep clear.
Police and fire crews
The morning callout shows how quickly a local fire can take over a residential street. The response involved the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service and Police, with the public told not to enter the area while crews worked.
The source does not add any report of injuries, and it does not explain what caused the oil tank to catch fire. For people nearby, the immediate takeaway was not about the cause but about access: avoid Mourneview Avenue in Lurgan and let the crews finish their work.
