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Firefighters rush to a diesel spill just off the A41

Firefighters rushed to a fuel spillage just off the A41.

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The Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call reporting the incident at theSandford Industrial Estate, just off the A41, in Prees, at 9.34pm yesterday (Monday, July 7). 

Three fire engines were dispatched from Prees, Tweedale and Whitchurch with an operations officer also in attendance. 

The back of a firefighter at the bottom of a ladder attached to a fire engine
Firefighters attended to the fuel spill in Prees. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA

Also attending to the scene were West Mercia Police officers. 

On arrival, crews found a spillage of diesel fuel due to a split tank of a lorry. 

The leak was stemmed and the affected area was covered with sand by the firefighters