A ROAD in Shadsworth, Blackburn was cordoned off yesterday afternoon after a man, who was thought to have doused himself in turps, threatened to set himself alight.
Emergency services were called to Ballantrae Road at around 2.30pm after the man in his forties claimed he would take his own life.
One fire engine, an ambulance and two police cars attended the scene.
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