Emergency services were called to a fire at a business in Bolton overnight.

The call came at around 3am after smoke was seen on Lever Street.

Firefighters were called after a machine developed a fault.

It emerged a plastic moulding machine had broken out at Bolton Plastics.

The fire service was in attendance for less than an hour.

A fire service spokesperson said: "At Bolton Plastics a plastic moulding machine caught fire.

"An on site person put it out.

"We were thre for around 45 minutes."

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