The crane crashed into the front of the house in Wigan
Emergency services were called to Flapper Fold Lane in Atherton, WIgan, around 10.30am on this morning, April 6. Dramatic pictures show the 100-meter stretch of road between Gloucester Street and Brierfield Avenue closed by police while recovery teams worked throughout the day to remove the fallen crane from the house.
GMP Leigh, Atherton and Hindley said in a statement on social media just before 5pm that officers were called to reports of a crane crashing into a building "causing a fire to break out." Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said firefighters "worked to isolate the gas and electricity to the property and clear spilled fuel from the roadway", leaving the scene shortly before 1pm.
At around 3pm, local residents gathered at the cordon to watch as recovery teams lifted the crane from the house. A police barricade was also positioned at the edge of Meadowbank Playing Fields..
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