A man had to be rescued from his home this afternoon after a fire broke out. Residents reported a large emergency services presence in the Royton area around 3pm with smoke seen billowing from a property.
07.08.2022 - 22:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Two men have had to be cut from a van and a car after a serious collision this afternoon (August 7). Emergency services were scrambled to the smash in Stockport around 4.45pm with both of the men taken to hospital.
The crash happened on Bramhall Lane, in the Davenport area of Stockport, with a black Ford van and silver Renault car heavily damaged. The road was completely taped off by police and remains closed this evening.
Pictures taken from the scene show a large police presence with a significant section of the road taped off with cars being turned around. The front of both vehicles are seriously damaged with a large amount of debris at the scene.
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Three fire engines attended the incident, according to Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), and were at the scene for at least an hour and a half. Firefighters had to cut two men from the vehicles, before they were taken to hospital by the ambulance service.
Firefighters and the ambulance service are no longer at the scene but the road is still blocked by police. The extent of their injuries in currently unknown.
A spokesperson for GMFRS said: “At approximately 4.45pm on Sunday, 7 th August, three fire engines from Stockport, Cheadle and Ashton-under-Lyne stations attended a road traffic collision on Bramhall Lane, in Davenport. The collision involved a car and a van.
"Firefighters used specialist equipment to extricate two men from the vehicles, before they were transferred to the care of colleagues from NWAS and taken to hospital. Fire crews worked to make the scene safe and were in attendance for around 90 minutes."
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