Fire crews are still at the scene of a large fire on an industrial estate in Kirkby.
A blaze yesterday tore through a wood pallet business on Knowsley Industrial Park, sending huge flames into the sky. Crews managed to stop the fire spreading to neighbouring businesses and reduced the smoke plume to around 60ft by teatime.
Shocking footage taken at the scene off Charleywood Road showed huge flames flying into the sky as firefighters worked to contain it.
This morning the fire service has said that one engine is still at the scene, with crews checking temperatures at the scene.
Witnesses described an "unbearable heat" coming from the fire.
One said to the ECHO : "There are massive flames all over the place. The heat is unbearable. It have been at the scene for five or ten minutes and I am sweating from the heat of it.”
A spokesman for the fire service said: "Crews remained on scene on Charleywood Road, Kirkby, overnight.
The incident was scaled down to two engines at around 2.30am with firefighting operations ceasing shortly before 5am.
One fire engine remains in attendance at the scene this morning, with crews continuing to carry out hot-spotting and temperature monitoring of the areas affected by fire.
An investigation into the cause of the fire will be carried out in due course."
