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Water leaks hit Farnworth flats
11:56am Saturday 17th May 2008
TWO flats have suffered from water leaks in Farnworth.
Firefighters were called to a flat in St Gregory's Close, New Bury, at 11.40pm on Thursday when the 30-year-old resident spotted water dripping from the light fittings in his kitchen.
The man living in the flat upstairs had left his bathroom tap running.
The kitchen was not damaged.
Crews were called out at 1.20am on Friday to Clarke Street, Farnworth, when water was dripping from a light fitting in the hall of a flat.
Firefighters suspect leaking pipes caused the flood. The flat was not damaged.
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