Firefighters spent hours tackling a blaze at a derelict school.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service were called to Clarence High School on West Lane in Formby in the early hours of Saturday, April 15. Firefighters were called at 1.03am before arriving at the scene at 1.08am, with six fire engines attending and an aerial appliance at the height of the incident.
When crews arrived they were met with the third floor and roof well alight at the empty school building, with firefighters nursing two main water jets at various access points. One crew of firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the fire on the third floor while another tackled the blaze roof area.
