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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
James McNeill

Oil spills onto city centre road after van 'drives over bollards'

Part of the city centre has been closed off after an oil spill.

A small cordon at the top of Lord Street close to the former Debenhams has been set up after a van tried to drive over the bollards of the pedestrianised area.

Clean-up crews have been out to the spill and sand has been spread which will stay in place for the next 24 hours. In a tweet by Liverpool City Council, they said the cost of the clean-up will be claimed back by the driver's insurer.

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A Liverpool City Council spokesperson said: "Clean up of an oil spill on Church Street has begun. Sand has now been spread (needs to be in place for 24 hrs) - it will then be jet-washed tomorrow. The spill came from a van which had tried to drive over bollards - so we will claim back clean-up costs from their insurer."

Oil spill that happened on Lord Street in Liverpool city centre today (Liverpool Echo)

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