Adlington warehouse fire: Picture gallery as firefighters bring the blaze under control
By Iain Lynn
Published 4th Feb 2019, 15:29 GMT
Updated 7th Feb 2019, 17:32 GMT
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Fire engines remain at the scene in Adlington as firefighting efforts continue throughout the building.
Families were evacuated from their homes as the fire consumed the building in Market Street overnight. You can catch up with our live blog on the incident here
Almost 100 firefighters battled the raging fire for about six hours overnight and were still damping down on Monday afternoon
No one was injured in the fire but residents in Meadow Street and Railway View, fronting onto the warehouse, had to be evacuated from their homes in the early hours of the morning.
At the height of the blaze firefighters had about 70 firefighters battling the flames with 12 engines and two cherry pickers.
Crews from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service were called to the fire at 11.39pm on Sunday and by 10am on Monday crews were still damping down to get rid of pockets of fire.
Pub landlords John Howard and Dianne Dickinson spent the morning taking care of evacuees.
As the fire had taken hold John had stepped outside the Park Road pub at about 11.30pm. When he discovered residents were being evacuated from their homes he told a police officer to bring them to the pub.
