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Oil spillage on almost a mile of Netherton road

Firefighters and Highways workers spent over an hour covering a fuel spillage which stretched to almost a mile on a Netherton road.

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The fuel spillage. Photo: Brierley Hill Fire Station

Two fire crews were sent to Peartree Lane at bout 7.45am today where diesel had been spotted on the road from the junction with Narrowboat Way to the Cinder Bank Island.

A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "We got a call at 7.47am from the police to Peartree Lane in Netherton.

"We sent crews from Brierley Hill and Hayden Cross.

"It was a diesel spillage on the road, crews were making investigations and requested Highways department to attend.

"Highways gritted the road."

It is not known where the oil spillage came from.

Highways England has been asked to comment.

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