A clean-up operation was launched after an 'acidic substance' spilled from a lorry onto a pavement near a retail park in Bolton. Police and firefighters were called to Mansell Way on the Middlebrook retail and leisure park at about 1.30pm on Wednesday.
Firefighters, reportedly in hazmat suits, spent around one hour and 45 minutes at the scene. Transport for Greater Manchester earlier tweeted the road had been closed following the incident, but a GMP spokesperson said that wasn't the case.
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