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Liverpool Echo
National
Charlotte Hadfield

Huge blaze rips through industrial estate as smoke billows across skyline

A huge fire that tore through an industrial estate was captured on camera from above.

The blaze broke out at a derelict building on Selby Place, Stanley Industrial Estate in Skelmersdale on Sunday.

Four fire engines were called to the scene, along with an aerial ladder platform.

Firefighters used one ground monitor, one lance and one jet to extinguish the fire.

No one was reported injured in the blaze which firefighters extinguished using a ground monitor, one lance and one jet.

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The cause of the fire is currently unclear and an investigation is underway.

The scale of the fire was captured in these drone images by Alan Gunnigle.

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Plumes of smoke can be seen in the photos billowing across Skelmersdale.

Fire crews can also be seen parked up at the scene of the fire, which is surrounded by fields and trees.

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