Location: Lifeboat Road, Formby
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is currently in attendance at an incident on Lifeboat Road, Formby.
Crews were alerted at 12.55 and were on scene at 13.01. Four fire engines are in attendance.
On arrival, crews found smoke issuing from the first floor of a two-storey property. One team of four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus have been committed to search and extinguish the fire.
UPDATE 3.15PM
Crews have located and extinguished the fire at the rear of the property's ground floor.