A FIRE broke out on a Bolton industrial estate last night.

Firefighter from Farnworth fire station say that they were called out to reports of a blaze on Fishbrook Industrial Estate on, Stoneclough Road, Kearsley at around 9pm on Monday October 11.

On arriving at the scene they found a fire underway at a pallet ground involving the unit itself, a van and a number of wooden pallets.

Using three fire engines and an aerial appliance, the firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze within three hours and left the scene at around midnight.

No injuries have been reported.