Six thousand litres of oil spilt at Tyneside factory

Two workers have been taken to hospital after an oil spill at a Tyneside factory.

The accident happened on Wednesday afternoon when 6,000 litres of transformer oil spilled out of a fuel tank at NaREC Clothier Laboratories.

Firefighters were alerted to the spill at the Hebburn plant which is sited on Victoria Road West after a cherry picker accidently knocked off a valve from the tank.

One member of the company visited the South Tyneside District Hospital after the spilled oil got into his eyes; the other was taken as a precautionary measure.

A specialist spill containment company was called to clean up after the spill.

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