PEOPLE in the Hindley Green area were told to stay indoors after an incident at a manufacturing plant on the Swan Lane industrial estate.

Emergency services attended the scene today at Astropol Limited on Wetherall Close after polymeric material decomposed producing CO2 and nitrogen gases.

Police urged residents in the immediate area of Wetherall Close, Ormside Close, Crossfield Drive, Ellergreen Road and Penswick Road and pupils and staff at Sacred Heart RC Primary School in Swan Lane to stay inside and keep their doors and windows shut after the incident that began around lunchtime today. People were allowed to leave their homes after the incident was brought under control at around 2pm. Astropol is a small, independent business that manufacturers products mainly for the PVC industry