{"id":48138,"date":"2026-09-26T14:12:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48138"},"modified":"2026-09-26T14:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:12:29","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-mp-hits-out-after-fifth-fire-in-5-years-at-mill-used-in-peaky-blinders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48138","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: MP hits out after fifth fire in 5 years at mill used in Peaky Blinders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dalton_Mills_14_Sep_2026_-_Fire_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/960px-Dalton_Mills_14_Sep_2026_-_Fire_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/960px-Dalton_Mills_14_Sep_2026_-_Fire_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/960px-Dalton_Mills_14_Sep_2026_-_Fire_2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/960px-Dalton_Mills_14_Sep_2026_-_Fire_2-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Dalton_Mills_14_Sep_2026_-_Fire_2.jpg\">Dalton Mills, Sept 2026, SgtBreadStick, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MP for Keighley has demanded action after yet another major fire at Dalton Mills, warning \u2018the situation cannot continue\u2019 following the fifth significant blaze at the historic site in five years, reports the <em>Keighley News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Keighley News<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) were called to the Victorian textile mill at around 8pm on Saturday. The Grade II* listed mill has featured in shows including Downton Abbey and Peaky Blinders, but was subject to an arson attack in 2011&#8230; In February of this year, two fires in the space of six days at the site were recorded as \u2018deliberate\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MP says fire is &#8216;deeply infuriating&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robbie Moore, Conservative MP for Keighley and Ilkley, said\u2026&nbsp; \u2018\u2026 This situation just simply cannot continue. I\u2019ve been calling on our local authority to secure this site as best as possible for years now, and this is our next major fire.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keighleynews.co.uk\/news\/26546789.mp-hits-fifth-fire-5-years-mill-used-peaky-blinders\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: Dalton Mills, Sept 2026, SgtBreadStick, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The MP for Keighley has demanded action after yet another major fire at Dalton Mills, warning \u2018the situation cannot continue\u2019 following the fifth significant blaze at the historic site in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48138\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[87,678,1008,410,71],"class_list":["post-48138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-fire","tag-industrial-heritage","tag-textile-mill","tag-victorian","tag-yorkshire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48140,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48138\/revisions\/48140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}