Commercial building fire in Blackburn

At 18:52 on the 3rd August, six fire engines from Hyndburn, Blackburn, Burnley and Preston attended a commercial building fire on Stanley Street, Blackburn. Firefighters are wearing breathing apparatus and using two hose reel jets and one hose reel to extinguish the fire.

If you can see or smell smoke, please keep your windows and doors closed.

Please avoid the area.

Update at 21:00: This incident has been reduced to one fire engine, crew remain in attendance monitoring and extinguishing hotspots.