Dozens of people were evacuated after a gas leak was found in an office building.
Emergency services first started arriving on Stanley Road in Bootle just after 12.45pm on Thursday, April 27 following reports of a smell of gas in St Hugh's House. Merseyside Police arrived at the scene first, following reports of buildings being evacuated.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service sent four fire engines to the road just 10 minutes later and put cordons in place on Stanley Road and Trinity Road. Merseyside Police described the incident they were dealing with as a "gas explosion risk".
