Posted: Sat 18th Feb 2012

Fire Crews Called To Petrol Leak At Wrexham Morrisons

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This article is old - Published: Saturday, Feb 18th, 2012

Fire and police services attend the petrol leak at Morrisons in Wrexham

Police and fire services were called to the petrol station at Morrisons in Wrexham this morning after a petrol leak was reported at one of the pumps.

Wrexham.com follower Phil Sumner reported the incident to us on Twitter at around 11am, he said: “just back from Morrisons, petrol station closed, fire and police in attendance.”

As we attended the scene shortly after police and fire crews were still on hand with one of the pumps being hosed down as a precaution.

One of the petrol pumps is hosed down as a precaution following the leak.

A spokeswoman for North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: “We were called at 10.34am to reports of an LPG leak at Morrisons petrol station. The area was cordoned off with petrol coming from a pump.

“An engineer will be attending in an hour to sort the problem and crews are covering it with spray as a precaution. The incident has been isolated and is concerned with a residual amount of gas in the pump.”



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