Fire crews have been called to a fire at an unoccupied student accommodation building on Barkhill Road, L17 this afternoon. Crews were alerted at 3.41 and on scene 9 minutes later, with eight fire engines and an aerial appliance currently in attendance.
Crews arrived to find one building around 100 metres by 20 metres in size with a well developed fire in the roof. Firefighters are fighting the fire with main branch hoses. Merseyside Police are also in attendance managing cordons.
Local residents should keep doors and windows closed. If you have an existing medical condition, keep treatment close and if any ill effects are experienced dial NHS 111 for advice.
Please avoid the area, the incident is ongoing.
Incident Update 4.50pm
The incident has been divided into sectors with firefighters fighting the fire externally with main branch hoses and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus fighting fire internally with hose reel jets. All utilities have been isolated. Please continue to avoid the area and keep doors and windows shut.
Incident Update 7.40pm
Firefighters have made good progress and the incident has been scaled down to three fire engines and one aerial appliance. The service drone has been deployed to assist in identifying hotspots. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are dampening down the area and also checking for hotspots. Barkhill Road remains closed. Please continue to avoid the area.