THE heavy rain which hit the Warrington area over the weekend – leading to the abandoning of the Creamfields Festival on Sunday morning – also caused a number of serious flooding incidents in other parts of the borough.
Fire and rescue crews were mobilised to help deal with several incidents.
Fire engines and a water rescue unit from Warrington and a fire engine and high volume pump from Congleton went to a report of flooding from the Bridgewater Canal and a local stream near Whitefield Road, Stockton Heath.
A safety zones was establishedand crews pumped away flood water. Utility services and the Environment Agency were informed of the situation.
A fire engine from Stockton Heath attended a report of flooding at Antrobus Post Office on Knutsford Road in Antrobus.
Fire crews eased the flooding using a light portable pump and by lifting drain covers.
One fire engine from Runcorn went to deal with flooding in the area of Moore Hall on Hobb Lane, Daresbury.
Two light portable pumps to pump floodwater away.
A fire engine from Warrington attended a report of flooding affecting electrics at a cottage on Underbridge Lane, Higher Walton.
Firefighters isolated the electrics and assisted in clearing water from the ground floor.
A fire engine from Birchwood attended a report of flooding affecting the electrics at a property on Partridge Close in Oakwood. On arrival at the property, the fire crew isolated the electrics and identified the source of the flooding.
One fire engine from Warrington attended a report of flooding affecting the electrics at Station House in Fiddlers Ferry.
The high volume pump and supporting fire engine from Congleton were subsequently mobilised. Crews stayed on sight throughout the night, pumping out floodwater.
Another flooded property on Farnworth Road, Penketh was attended by Warrington crews who gave advice to the occupant.
A fire engine from Widnes attended a report of flooding at Hall Nook in Penketh, Warrington. On arrival at the incident, the fire crew found this incident to involve several properties. The fire crew pumped the floodwater to the Manchester Ship Canal.
There was also a flooding incident on Pinders Farm Drive in Warrington. Fire crews gained access to a stop cock to isolate water supplies at the property.
THE heavy rain which hit the Warrington area over the weekend - leading
to the abandoning of the Creamfields Festival on Sunday morning - also
caused a number of serious flooding incidents in other parts of the
borough.
Borough hit by flooding
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Dont panic……. when the multi million pound flood defence system is finished all this flooding will be a distant memory…………..
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Apart from sarcasm, don’t know why you would think that flood defences being built to protect the low lying central areas of Warrington against the Mersey will stop the type of flooding described in this article.
I didn’t even know there was a stream near Whitefields Road, where is it ? ….. Can’t say I ever remember the Bridgewater Canal flooding in all the years I’ve lived around here. The rain was bad though. Not sure where some of the others reported are but were any caused by the River Mersey ? Re the last one…. if closure of a stop cock isolated the water then does that mean that it wasn’t the rain that caused the flooding there 😉
Dizzy, as you go down the dip from the little roundabout at the junction of Whitefield Road and Hillcliffe Road, towards the Sports Club, the last house at the bottom of the dip on the left hand side, before the field, has a stream running through the garden which appears to run under the road and then continues the other side through the little wood and at the back of the houses in Brookwood Close, towards Walton Road.