Chemical incident, Royal Liverpool Hospital

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Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is currently in attendance at an incident at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

Crews were alerted at 7.14pm following reports of a gas leak and three fire engines arrived on scene shortly after.

The building has been evacuated as a precaution and firefighters are working closely with hospital staff and partners to investigate the scene.

The incident is ongoing.

Update - 10:20pm

The incident has now been confirmed as a chemical leak in the Clinical Science and Support Building.

Firefighters are working to close the containers and ventilate the affected compartment.