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Bootle fire - latest: 'Serious' Merseyside house blaze with forensics team at scene
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Bootle fire - latest: 'Serious' Merseyside house blaze with forensics team at scene A casualty has been taken to hospital with burns as an urgent search of the property in Stone Square continues Emergency services have swarmed the scene of a "serious" house fire in Bootle, Merseyside, with at least one person rushed to hospital and forensics teams seen in the street. Fire crews were called to the blaze at a semi-detached house on Stone Square at around 3.40am today.
Bootle fire - latest: 'Serious' Merseyside house blaze with forensics team at scene
A casualty has been taken to hospital with burns as an urgent search of the property in Stone Square continues
Emergency services have swarmed the scene of a "serious" house fire in Bootle, Merseyside, with at least one person rushed to hospital and forensics teams seen in the street.
Fire crews were called to the blaze at a semi-detached house on Stone Square at around 3.40am today. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said firefighters arrived within seven minutes to find the property "well alight".
Eight firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the blaze and searched the property for occupants. Six fire engines were at the scene at the height of the blaze.
The main fire has now been extinguished, but two fire engines remain at the scene. Merseyside Police are also at the scene.
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Detectives making door-to-door enquiries
Detectives are carrying out door-to-door enquiries on Marsh Avenue, just off Stone Square.
A police car is also parked on nearby King Avenue.
Video: Emergency services at scene of house fire in Bootle
Map shows location of street
A map shows Stone Square in Bootle, where a blaze broke out at a semi-detached house at around 3.40am today.
Police forensics vans and fire investigation van on street
A reporter for the Liverpool Echo says two fire engines, a fire investigation van and two police forensic vans are currently on Stone Square.
Three police cars and a police van are also parked on nearby Marsh Avenue.
Fire crews battled 'serious house fire' in Bootle
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to a "serious house fire" at Stone Square in Bootle at 3.38am today.
Fireighters arrived at 3.45am to find a semi-detached house "well alight".
Six fire engines were at the scene at the height of the fire. Eight firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the property to search for occupants and tackle the blaze using hose reel jets.
The main fire has been extinguished and crews are now damping down the area. Two fire engines remain at the scene.
Merseyside Police is also at the scene and an investigation is under way.