{"id":573768,"date":"2026-05-08T23:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/573768\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T23:39:10","slug":"major-emergency-response-after-acid-attack-outside-mcdonalds-in-tameside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/573768\/","title":{"rendered":"Major emergency response after acid attack outside McDonald’s in Tameside"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two men have been arrested while one man is in hospital<\/p>\n

Josh Pennington Content editor<\/p>\n

20:52, 08 May 2026<\/p>\n

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Police scene in Ashton town centre after suspected acid attack. Credit: ASP(Image: ASP)<\/p>\n

A police scene is in place in Ashton town centre after a reported acid attack outside McDonald\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The incident is understood to have taken place outside the fast food restaurant on Warrington Street at around 4pm today, Friday May 8.<\/p>\n

A police cordon remains in place with the road closed off from Bow Street and emergency services on the scene.<\/p>\n

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Greater Manchester Police told the Manchester Evening News that two men have been arrested on suspicion of assault after they were rushed to a \u2018hazmat incident\u2019. The M.E.N understands it the alleged assault involves the use of a corrosive substance.<\/p>\n

The force says a man in his 30s has been taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police scene in Ashton town centre after suspected acid attack. Credit: ASP(Image: ASP)<\/p>\n

\u201cEmergency services were called to a business premises on Warrington Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne at around 4pm following reports of a hazmat incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne man aged in his 30s has been taken to hospital where he is currently being treated for his injuries, which are thankfully not deemed life threatening or life changing.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo men, aged in their 40s and 50s, have been arrested on suspicion of assault and remain in custody.<\/p>\n

\u201cA scene remains in place, and there is not believed to be any risk to the wider public.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue confirmed that two fire crews also attended the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men have been arrested while one man is in hospital Josh Pennington Content editor 20:52, 08 May…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,2440,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-573768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-tameside","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}