Firefighters spend hours tackling blaze in basement of business in Northern Quarter
Firefighters spent over five hours tackling a blaze at a building in the Northern Quarter. Crews were scrambled to an unnamed 'commercial property' on Edge Street after a fire broke out at around 1.30pm on Wednesday .
Three fire engines and a specialist turntable ladder were drafted in and parked inside the cordon as crews tackled the flames. One eyewitness said at one point, crews could be seen using jets to spray water onto a wall of the building. A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said: "At around 1.30pm on Wednesday 12 October, firefighters were called out to a fire at a commercial property in Manchester City Centre.
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