Four fire engines scrambled and road taped off after blaze at flat

Fire crews were scrambled to a blaze at a ground-floor flat in Manchester this morning.

Crews were called to the scene on Schuster Road in the Victoria Park area just after 11.30am. Four fire engines responded and used hoses and water jets to extinguish the blaze.

Pictures showed a stretch of the street taped off with emergency vehicles on the scene. Firefighters were on the scene for around 40 minutes, a spokesperson for the fire service said.

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The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said in a statement: "Just after 11.30am this morning (Friday 10th March), four fire engines from Withington, Gorton and Philips Park fire station were called to reports of a building fire involving the ground floor of a flat on Schuster Road, Manchester.

"Crews arrived quickly at scene. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatuses used a smoke curtain, two hose reels, water jets and positive pressure ventilation fans to extinguish the fire. Firefighters were attendance for around forty minutes."

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