Gas tank fire drama

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.


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