Firefighters tackle blaze at old bus depot

Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a former bus depot. They are currently working at the old Finglands site on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme.

Images from the scene show smoke pouring from a window, with a firefighter scaling a ladder to access the building. There is disruption with one side of the road shut, and bus services are being diverted.

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Bus firm Stagecoach tweeted: "Diversion to outer destinations via Wilmslow Road, Platt Lane, Yew Tree Road, Wilbraham Road and Wilmslow Road. This is due to a fire at the old Fingland's bus depot."

Finglands' white buses, with beige, orange and brown stripes, used to be a regular sight on Greater Manchester's roads, until the firm was taken over by First in 2014.

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Police are also here at the scene and for a time traffic heading southbound towards Fallowfield was stopped and diverted down Platt Lane, however it is now flowing again pic.twitter.com/YvIYXS6DHz

I'm told the fire involved the upstairs of the building but that it has now been fully extinguished. There are visible scorch marks around the upper window frames. I can see one firefighter still inside examining the top floor pic.twitter.com/m9aWruO04A

It broke out at the derelict Finglands bus depot, opposite Platt Fields Park at the junction of Platt Lane pic.twitter.com/TgsZGWNgOp

Chris Slater has the latest from the fire.

I'm on Wilmslow Road in Rusholme where fire crews have been tackling what I'm told was a large fire at a derelict building pic.twitter.com/4NPD81fpLL

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