VIDEO: Road blocked by campaigners at Cuadrilla Balcombe site

Campaigners used a former fire appliance today (Thursday August 1) in their latest attempt to hamper oil exploration drilling work at Balcombe.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st Aug 2013, 16:08 BST
Protesters block the entrance to the Caudrilla site with a fire engine which they chained themselves to.Protesters block the entrance to the Caudrilla site with a fire engine which they chained themselves to.
Protesters block the entrance to the Caudrilla site with a fire engine which they chained themselves to.

The machine was stationed as temperatures soared in the heatwave and campaigners continued to camp at the site just south of the village.

Arrests were made earlier this week and celebrity campaigners paid visits to the protesters to support them.

Energy Caudrilla will drill to check for oil deposits and would require special approval if it intended to use the hydraulic fracturing technique at the site in the future.