Gas tank fire drama
Date published: 14 September 2012
A ROAD was closed for four hours yesterday after an acetylene cylinder caught fire.
Firefighters from Chadderton and a specialist unit were called to Pullman Fleet Services at Broadway Business Park, Chadderton.
A valve on the cylinder leaked and the gas ignited.
Broadgate was closed from the junction of the M60 slip road and a 100-metre cordon imposed.
Crews sprayed water on the cylinder to cool it.
Only a small number of our daily stories appear, heavily edited, on this site. For the full story read our print or eChron editions.
Follow us on Twitter - @OldhamChronicle
Most Viewed News Stories
- 1Oldham man part of crime gang caged for more than 30 years
- 2Family pay emotional tribute to grandfather Mark after Chadderton driver is jailed for seven years
- 3Arsonists attack family farm - twice
- 4Oldham Post Office re-opens at town centre shopping centre
- 570kg of suspected Class A drugs seized in Oldham
