An abandoned children's home sustained significant damage after a fire raged for hours.
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service were called to Church Road and Beaconsfield Road in Woolton shortly after 6pm on Saturday (October 8 ). Huge flames and smoke could be seen billowing out of the windows of St Gabriel's Convent, where the first floor and roof space was on fire.
Firefighters worked for hours to extinguish the blaze. At the peak of the fire, six engines and an aerial appliance - being used as a water tower - had been sent to Woolton.
