Moment cop tells Whaley Bridge locals ‘get out or DIE’ as reservoir dam may burst…but one homeowner refuses saying it’s ‘health and safety gone mad 😱’
THIS is the dramatic moment cops tell people living in a town under a reservoir dam at risk of collapse "get out or DIE".
Police said future of the dam wall "remains in the balance" and flooding still poses a "very real danger". Mr Mclackland hit out at the evacuation after police attempted to stop him accessing part of the town that was in danger."I tried to get back in and they didn't want to let me through. I think it's health and safety gone mad.Matt Forrest, who lives just six feet uphill from the reservoir and has watched the chaos unfold in his home town.
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