Huge clouds of smoke can be seen billowing above the skyline of Preston this evening, after a major fire has broken out at a building in the city centre. Fire crews from the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service rushed to the blaze on Avenham Street, with a huge police presence also in attendance.
Dramatic video footage snapped from the scene shows clouds of thick black smoke over the building, which is understood to be the former Odeon Cinema and Tokyo Joe's. The fire service confirmed that 12 fire engines were in attendance, as they urged people to stay away and close their windows.
It is the second time firefighters have been called to the building in a week, after crews spent more than three hours there on Saturday, Lancs Live reports. Another fire also devastated the former Grade II listed St Joseph’s Orphanage in city centre last Friday.
