Firefighters also responded to assist their colleagues and one person was cut free from the fire engine
A huge emergency response descended on the street at around 10.5pm last night following the collision. The fire engine is believed to have been responding to an emergency at the time.
A spokesperson for the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: "At around 10:20pm yesterday evening , firefighters were called to reports of a crash on Manchester Road in Leigh. Two fire engines from Hindley and Farnworth fire stations and the Enhanced Rescue Unit from Ashton fire station quickly arrived at the scene, which involved a fire engine that had crashed into a wall.
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