Location: Bootle
Fire crews have been called to a serious house fire at Stone Square, Bootle, this morning. Crews were alerted at 3.38am and on scene at 3.45am, with six fire engines on scene at the height of the fire. Firefighters arrived to find a semi-detached house well alight.
Eight firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the house to search the property for occupants and fight the fire with hose reel jets.
A casualty at the scene was taken into the care of North West Ambulance Service for treatment for burns as a search of the property and firefighting continued.
Two members of the North West Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Response Team were also committed to the property with firefighters.
The main fire has been extinguished with fire crews damping down the area. Two fire engines remain at the scene.
Merseyside Police are also on scene. An investigation is taking place.