Fire station hit by flood

ALL hands on deck . . . The mop-up operation begins

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FIREFIGHTERS found themselves dealing with an emergency extremely close to home — when a burst water main flooded Oldham Fire Station.

They returned to their Lees Road base from tackling a small electrical fire between 4am and 6.45am this morning to find a section of Tarmac in the road had been ripped up and water was pouring into the station.

It was all hands to the pumps as the hard-working firefighters mopped up the deluge — while still turning out to other calls.

A spokesman said: “The water just came flooding in. It was a lot of mess for us to clear up.”