Police in six-hour stand-off with man on roof 'throwing bricks and setting fires' on Bolton Road in Chorley
A stand-off has been going on for six hours after police were called to a street in Chorley to deal with a man on a roof.
The main road through Chorley has been closed by emergency services, as a six-hour stand-off continues.
Police were called when a man climbed on to the roof of a residential property on Bolton Road.
He was allegedly ‘setting small fires’ and ‘throwing objects from the roof’ at officers.
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Lancashire Police, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service and the North West Ambulance Service are in attendance.
The closure was put in place from shortly after 9am on Sunday (24 May) with police directing traffic down local routes on diversion, near the Bolton Street roundabout.
In a full statement, Lancashire Police said: "At 9.16am today (24th May) we were called to Bolton Road in Chorley following reports a man had climbed onto the roof of a property and was refusing to come down.
"Officers have attended the scene and the man has begun throwing objects from the roof and setting small fires. Emergency services, including our colleagues from the fire service, remain at the scene.
"We would ask members of the public to avoid the area whilst efforts are made to bring the incident to a safe conclusion."