{"id":1140716,"date":"2026-08-10T02:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T02:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1140716\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T02:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T02:05:17","slug":"man-pulled-from-water-as-emergency-services-descend-on-manchester-ship-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1140716\/","title":{"rendered":"Man pulled from water as emergency services descend on Manchester Ship Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Firefighters pulled the man from the water near Warburton toll bridge<\/p>\n

18:59, 09 Aug 2026Updated 19:02, 09 Aug 2026<\/p>\n

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Firefighters pictured during this morning’s rescue(Image: Copyright unknown)<\/p>\n

A man has been taken to hospital after being rescued from the Manchester Ship Canal.<\/a><\/p>\n

Firefighters using a dinghy pulled the man from the water in Partington, Trafford<\/a> shortly before noon today (Sunday). Witnesses said the rescue took place near the Warburton toll bridge off Lock Lane.<\/p>\n

Pictures from the scene show a large emergency services presence with several fire engines and ambulances at the scene.<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said: “Shortly after 11.49am this morning (Sunday), two fire engines from Altrincham<\/a> and Gorton<\/a> fire stations, a water incident unit from Eccles<\/a> fire station, and an enhanced rescue unit from Leigh fire station were called to reports of a person in the water at Lock Lane in Partington.<\/p>\n

“Crews arrived quickly at the scene. Firefighters brought a man to safety from the Manchester Ship Canal using a rescue boat, before transferring him into the care of North West Ambulance Service. Crews were in attendance for around one hour and 25 minutes.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters pulled the man from the water near Warburton toll bridge 18:59, 09 Aug 2026Updated 19:02, 09 Aug…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1140717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,393,4884,11566,2465,179409,1289,16,15],"class_list":["post-1140716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-greater-manchester-fire-service","tag-manchester","tag-partington","tag-trafford","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117068768513152278","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1140717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}