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Liverpool Echo
National
Abigail Nicholson

Road closed as fire crews tackle house blaze

A road was sealed off by police as crews tackled a fire that ripped through a Liverpool home.

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service were called to City Road, in Walton, at 7.53pm on Friday, February 18, following reports of a blaze.

Three fire engines arrived on the residential street at 7.59pm and found the second floor of a two-storey building well alight.

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Four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the building and tackled the fire using high pressure hose reel jets.

Everyone who was in the property at the time of the blaze was accounted for and there were not believed to be any injuries.

The fire was extinguished by 8.38pm.

Merseyside Police officers were also at the scene and an investigation into the cause of the fire will be carried.

A fire service spokesperson said: "Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is currently in attendance on City Road, Walton.

"Two fire engines remain in attendance but are expected to leave the scene shortly with all firefighting activity having ceased."

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