Man injured after emergency services called to incident in Redcar

The North East Ambulance Service confirmed they were called to an incident in Redcar Credit: NEAS

A man has been injured after an incident at Steel House in Redcar.

The North East Ambulance service confirmed that they were called to attend the scene on the Trunk Road in Lackenby, alongside Cleveland Fire Brigade and the air ambulance on Wednesday 7 June.

A NEAS spokesperson said, "We received a call to 999 at 15:22 to reports of a person seriously injured at SSI UK on Trunk Road in Redcar.  We sent the air ambulance, a specialist paramedic, a clinical team leader and an emergency ambulance crew and took the male patient to James Cook hospital for further treatment."

Cleveland Fire Brigade said two fire engines attended from Grangetown and Redcar. The fire involved residual oil from external pipe on storage tank which spread to cherry picker cage. The cage was damaged, and the fire was out on arrival. Crews remained on scene to assist air ambulance with the casualty until they left the scene.

No further details have been given about the injured person or the nature of their injuries.

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