Police have already begun evacuating nearby homes while firefighters work to protect buildings.
Hundreds of residents poured on to the seafront to as the fire raged across the marshland
Footage from the scene of the fire in Parkgate, in the Wirral, shows thick plumes of smoke billowing into the air and turning the sky orange. Eyewitnesses described the blaze spreading rapidly after breaking at around 6pm, creating a ‘wall of flames’ across the marshland.: ‘We’d just been eating a fish and chips enjoying the sunset when we turned around and saw a small fire about 300 yards away.
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