A HINDLEY Green road was expected to remain closed because of an over-heated accetelyne cylinder.
On Sunday afternoon the emergency services closed off Swan Lane following a rubbish fire which caused an accetelyne cylinder to heat up.
Sub Officer Ian Gardner of Bolton Central Fire Station said: "We have to leave those cylinders to cool for 24 hours before we go near them. We treat accetelyne cylinders in the same way as unexploded bombs. We have to create a safety zone."
The road was expected to re-open late in the afternoon.
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