The cordon has now been lifted and emergency services thanked residents and businesses for their cooperation.

Emergency services have issued and update following an incident, which saw several Derbyshire roads closed.

Emergency services were called to reports of an incident at Rolls Royce on Raynesway in Derby shortly after 4pm on Thursday, November 12.

Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service (DFRS), Derbyshire police and East Midlands Ambulance Service were in attendance.

Several road closures were put in p lace including Royal Scot Way, Pride Park Way from Derby Audi to the London Road roundabout, Harrow Street, and London Road from the junction of Harrow Steet to Meadow Lane.

A 300 meter cordon was put in place and all residents on the roads affected by road closures were advised to stay inside and keep windows and doors closed.

All Rolls-Royce employees were accounted for.

It has been later confirmed that the incident was caused by a small chemical and gas leak, which took place shortly before 4pm.

Firefighters and specialists from Rolls-Royce were working together to contain the leak as safely and quickly as possible.

The cordon was lifted at around 9.45 pm.

A DFRS spokesperson said: “A small chemical and gas leak occurred at approximately 15.40 hours. It is important to stress that this is not a nuclear incident.

“Emergency services and Rolls-Royce would like to thank local residents and businesses for their cooperation while the incident was resolved safely and as quickly as possible.

“The incident has now been handed over to Rolls-Royce.

“Please remember that the Rolls-Royce, Raynesway site is a no-fly zone. Do not fly drones over the site.”