A large emergency services response has been called to a section of the Manchester Ship Canal to reports of a person in the water.
Police, fire, and ambulance crews have been rushed to the swing bridge on Northwich Road, in the Stockton Heath area of Warrington.
The emergency services were first called around 10.19am with a significant section of the road closed off. A helicopter has also been seen circling the area.
A Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Emergency services have been called to a report of a person in the water at Stockton Heath.
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