Gas leak, Pershore Road, Cotteridge
People nearby asked to keep doors and windows closed as precaution
Cotteridge Island, Cotteridge, Birmingham B30, UK
At around 2.15pm on Friday (2 Dec), firefighters from Kings Norton fire station responded to a gas leak in Cotteridge. As a result of the leak, the Pershore Road was closed both ways between Watford Road and Middleton Hall Road. Gas engineers were called to the scene, and their work to repair the leak was expected to take up to five hours. Traffic was heavily congested, so motorists were asked to avoid the area. People living or working nearby were asked to keep doors and windows closed, as a precaution, if they could smell gas.
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