Containers filled with hundreds of litres of diesel have fallen from the back of a tractor trailer onto a road.

The trailer carrying roughly 600 litres of diesel overturned as it turned a corner in Rowan Way, Bognor, this afternoon (September 6).

Fuel has spilled from the containers into the road and the Environment Agency is said to be working to resolve the issue.

The Argus: The road is closedThe road is closed (Image: Eddie Mitchell)

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Police are also on the scene.

The road remains closed this afternoon.

Sussex Police and the Environment Agency have been contacted for comment.