Drone footage shows aftermath of Maghull town hall destroyed by fire

Drone footage has captured the aftermath of a ample occurrence engulfing a municipality hallway successful Merseyside.

The blaze astatine Maghull Town Hall connected Old Hall Road erupted astatine astir 11.55am, sending a operation of achromatic fume into the air.

Flames could beryllium seen chewing done the extortion of the three-storey building, which occurrence services described as ‘well alight’.

Emergency services confirmed nary 1 was successful the hallway erstwhile the blaze broke, but radical successful the adjoining leisure centre were evacuated.

Residents of Maghull, astir 7 miles northbound of Liverpool, gathered extracurricular a cordon astir the country to ticker the firefighters astatine the scene.

Among them was a pistillate who was ‘weeping’ astatine the show of the assemblage gathering being torn by the fire, the Liverpool ECHO reported.

People were warned to debar the country and support windows and doors unopen truthful they bash not inhale smoke.

Drone footage uploaded to YouTube by The Propeller Fella, an relationship that films Southport, shows the extortion wholly charred and dozens of star panels melted.

Firefighters tin beryllium seen successful the footage dousing the blackened extortion from 3 angles, with 8 occurrence engines astatine the scene.

In its astir caller update astatine 4.10pm, the occurrence work said Old Hall Road will stay closed.

‘The incidental was scaled down to 5 occurrence engines and 1 aerial appliance,’ officials added.

‘There are presently 4 occurrence engines and 1 aerial appliance astatine country arsenic crews enactment hard to bring this incidental to a harmless conclusion.’

The assembly said: ‘We would erstwhile again similar to spot connected grounds our acknowledgment to our unit astatine Meadows Leisure Centre who acted swiftly and calmly to evacuate everyone safely from the building.

‘While the Centre remains closed to the public, the gathering volition beryllium unfastened betwixt 10am and 2pm time for those who were evacuated to cod their belongings which were near behind.’

Active Selfton said Meadows Leisure Centre volition beryllium closed contiguous and tomorrow.

‘We volition update you soon connected the reopening of activities,’ the council’s fittingness programme said.

‘We would similar to sincerely convey our unit and customers for their punctual response.’

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