Firefighters smashed through windows to fight a raging blaze inside a former pub.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service received a 999 call at 7.02pm on Wednesday, April 5, reporting the former Chaucer Vaults pub on Chaucer Street in Bootle was on fire. Once six fire engines and one aerial platform arrived at just five minutes later they found all three floors of the building well alight.
Eyewitnesses in the area at the time the blaze broke out say flames could be seen through the windows and coming out of the roof, with smoke pouring into the road. It wasn't long before the roof crumbled and flames could be seen throughout the top floor.
