Delays following containers falling from lorry
Date published: 28 October 2011
Fire-fighters attended an incident in Rochdale after containers fell off the back of a lorry on Friday morning.
The incident happened at the junction of Manchester Road and Drake Street at around 10.47am.
On arrival fire-fighters found four 200ltr containers that had fallen off the back of a lorry into the road.
Approximately 80 litres had spilled from a damaged container.
Fire crews quickly secured the containers to prevent further spillage.
Utilising a special appliance known as the Environmental Protection Unit fire-fighters recovered the damaged container and the spillage was directed through combined drains (in consultation with United Utilities) - no water courses affected.
The road was re-opened at approximately 1.30pm.
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