Emergency services have scrambled to the scene of a building in the south of Liverpool smoke could be seen billowing from it.
The Liverpool Echo reported that readers contacted the publication to say they heard an “explosion” on Arundel Avenue in Sefton Park around 1:30pm.
Express.co.uk has contacted Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service for more information.
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