Firefighters were called to the port of Southampton in the UK after chemicals leaked from a container.

The box was on board the 4,738-teu Japanese vessel Vecchio Bridge (built 2005), the Daily Echo reported.

No casualties were reported, but a cordon was put in place on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for DP World Southampton told the newspaper:​ “We can confirm that 14:20 a member of staff found a container to be leaking on board the vessel Vecchio Bridge.