Gas leak forces road closure
Published:
4:22 PM October 9, 2009
Updated:
9:39 PM October 10, 2020
A major gas leak has prompted the closure of a main road out of Norwich this evening .Police have closed the road at Stockton roundabout on the A146 near Beccles.
A major gas leak prompted the closure of a main road out of Norwich this evening .
Police closed the road at Stockton roundabout on the A146 near Beccles, with diversions are in place, but a heavy build up of traffic was reported.
The road is now fully re-opened.
Fire crews from Loddon and Beccles were on the scene as a precaution and engineers from Transco dealt with the leak.
A Norfolk Fire Service spokesman described the incident as a 'major gas leak'.
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