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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
John Scheerhout

Boat filled with old cans of Carling sinks in the Bridgewater Canal

A houseboat has sunk in the Bridgewater Canal in Eccles.

The emergency services were called to the craft, which was filled with empty bottles and cans of beer, on Friday afternoon.

There are no reports anybody was on board at the time the houseboat went down. Firefighters used an underwater camera to check inside the the boat.

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Police and firefighters were called to the scene, opposite the Dutton Arms pub on Barton Road, shortly before 12.30pm on Friday.

Residents report police smashed one of the windows to check nobody was inside. Today (Saturday) the broken window was visible, as were a series of empty cans and bottles of beer strewn inside the boat. A pair of old trainers could also be seen and a box of Carling lager.

Pictures from the scene on Friday showed some items had been retrieved from the vessel and were discarded on the canalside. These were later removed.

A sunken boat on the Bridgewater Canal in Eccles (Manchester Evening News)

A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: "Just before 12.30pm on Friday afternoon (27th January), two fire engines from Salford central fire station along with the Technical Rescue Unit from Ashton and the Water Incident Unit from Eccles were called to reports of a submerged boat in Bridgewater Canal, Eccles.

Nobody was found inside the boat (Manchester Evening News)

"The crews arrived quickly at scene. Firefighters used an underwater camera, Tirfor and water rescue equipment to search the houseboat.

"Firefighters were in attendance for around an hour."

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