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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Tom Duffy

Busy Liverpool road closed by blaze at former social club

A section of Prescot Road was closed when firefighters tackled a blaze at at a former Liverpool social club.

The This was the moment a suspected drunk driver smashed into the back of a police car in Liverpool were called out to the International Social Club in Fairfield at around 6.30pm this evening following reports of a fire. A spokesman for the service said that four appliances were sent out to a fairly large fire at the ISC club off Prescot Road in Fairfiled.

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Fire crews finish tackling a blaze at the former LSC Social Club at the junction of Elm Vale and Prescot Road in Fairfield. Photo by James Maloney (James Maloney/Liverpool Echo)

The spokesman  said that the fire was put out by around 9.30pm this evening.  The former social club was empty at the time of the blaze and there were no reports of any injuries. The old club is a three storey detached building.

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Fire crews finish tackling a blaze at the former LSC Social Club at the junction of Elm Vale and Prescot Road in Fairfield. Photo by James Maloney (James Maloney/Liverpool Echo)

The fire  service could not give details on the extent of the damage at this stage. An investigation will establish the cause.

 
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