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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Dan Haygarth

Cigarette could have caused flat blaze in which man died

A fire which killed a 73-year-old man was potentially started by a cigarette.

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service (MFRS) were called to the Wesley Grange housing complex on Pemberton Road, Woodchurch, on Thursday, May 4. Five engines were on scene at 8.53pm and found a fire on the ground floor of a four-storey building.

Merseyside Police attended to assist with road closures and North West Ambulance Service paramedics were also at the scene. The fire was extinguished shortly and a full search of the building was completed, with all persons accounted for and evacuated from the property.

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