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Firefighters tackle blaze at former health centre

Aerial image of firefighters, standing on a cherrypicker platform, spraying water down on to the roof of a four-storey, redbrick building below.Lee Brand

Firefighters said the building's roof and upper floor had been"well alight"

Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a former NHS healthcare centre.

The fire at the derelict Hesketh Centre on the junction of Albert Road and Park Road West in Southport broke out at about 02:40 GMT, Merseyside Fire and Rescue (MFRS) said.

The upper floor and roof of the four-storey building - which sold at auction in July for £800,000 - had been "well alight", MFRS added.

Roads in the area were temporarily closed while four crews dampened the flames.

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