Firefighters attacked

Date published: 12 September 2016


FIREFIGHTERS had bottles and stones thrown at them when dealing with a rubbish blaze in Werneth.

Crews from Oldham Fire Station were called to a fire behind Cambridge Street on Friday at 9pm when a group of youths targeted them.

A firefighter said: "We had bottles and stones thrown at us by the youths. When we turned on our CCTV camera, they all ran off."