By Tara Rippin • Published: 17 Feb 2021 • 16:55 • <1 minute read
CREDIT: Cheshire Fire and Rescue
M6 reopened after fuel tanker and LGV crashes forced the overnight closure of part of the motorway.
CHESHIRE Fire and Rescue Service were called to two incidents on the M6 Southbound at Junction 17.
One involved a leak from a fuel tanker following a collision and the other was a crash involving a van and an LGV.
At around 2pm, three fire engines from Sandbach, Crewe and Knutsford responded to reports of a fuel leaking from a tanker on junction 17 of the M6 southbound.
On arrival the crews found a quantity of diesel fuel leaking from the tanker after it had been involved in a collision with a lorry.
Fortunately, there were no injuries.
For five hours, the crews continued to stem the flow of fuel and waited for two tankers to help with the removal of fuel from the vehicle.
At around 2.20pm the same day, three fire engines from Alsager, Crewe and Congleton were despatched following reports of a second incident at junction 17 on M6 Southbound.
Crews discovered a van had been in a collision with an LGV containing a significant quantity of vodka and gin which had spilled onto the carriageway.
A quantity of diesel fuel was also dispensed, said the fire service.
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Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region. She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990. Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. She loves being part of a community that has a wonderful expat and Spanish mix, and strives to bring the latest and most relevant news to EWN’s loyal and valued readers.
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