{"id":216789,"date":"2023-11-23T12:09:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T12:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=216789"},"modified":"2023-11-23T12:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T12:09:17","slug":"huge-inferno-in-reading-town-centre-with-high-rise-building-engulfed-in-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/huge-inferno-in-reading-town-centre-with-high-rise-building-engulfed-in-flames\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge inferno in Reading town centre with high-rise building engulfed in flames"},"content":{"rendered":"<li><span>Bookmark<\/span><span><svg class=\"active-svg svg-change-fill\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><\/path><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"svg-bookmark-done\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 22 28\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><svg class=\"svg-to-bookmark\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"18\" viewBox=\"0 0 25 28\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31509317.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_FireJPG.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p> Emergency services are battling a huge fire in Reading town centre.<\/p>\n<p>Dramatic images show thick smoke billowing high into the sky with a building near the train station engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<p>One eyewitness, posting on X said: &quot;I hope everyone is safe. There&apos;s a huge fire in Reading town centre.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Another person reported &quot;huge crowds&quot; gathered around the Station Hill development near the train station.<\/p>\n<p>The fire appears to be centred on one of the development&apos;s towers, which is under construction.<\/p>\n<p><b>This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated. 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Dramatic images show thick smoke billowing high into the sky with a building near the train station engulfed in flames. One eyewitness, posting on X said: &quot;I hope everyone is safe. There&apos;s a huge fire in Reading town centre.&quot; Another person reported &quot;huge crowds&quot; gathered around the Station [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Huge inferno in Reading town centre with high-rise building engulfed in flames - Best World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/huge-inferno-in-reading-town-centre-with-high-rise-building-engulfed-in-flames\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Huge inferno in Reading town centre with high-rise building engulfed in flames - Best World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bookmark Emergency services are battling a huge fire in Reading town centre. 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