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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich & Ellen Kirwin

Firefighters use swimming pool water to put out house blaze

Firefighters used water from a nearby swimming pool to help put out a blaze.

A detached house caught fire on Hale Road, Speke, at around 10.50pm on Monday, October 10. Crews from Widnes, Runcorn and Speke fought the blaze through the night after arriving at the scene and finding the property well alight.

At 11.20pm, a spokesperson for Cheshire fire service said a portable pump was used to get water to the fire from a nearby swimming pool. An aerial appliance was also used to get water to the roof, where the fire was described as "well developed."

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