A fire which broke out at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral is being treated as a suspected arson attack.
Merseyside Police said they were contacted by Merseyside Fire and Rescue on Sunday to reports the fire had broken out at 6.40am and had caused damage to the fire doors and gallery at the cathedral, on Mount Pleasant. The cause of the fire is being treated as arson, police said.
An investigation between Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is currently underway. A man who works at the cathedral said he arrived on Sunday morning "to find police and fire everywhere and the cathedral filled with a vile smell of burning".
