Location: Lodge Lane, Liverpool
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service is in attendance at an incident at Lodge Lane, Liverpool.
Crews were alerted at 19.45 and on scene at 19.49. Four fire engines and an aerial appliance are on scene alongside Merseyside Police.
On arrival crews found a fire in the kitchen of a ground floor restaurant. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus are fighting the fire using two hose reel jets.
The incident has been sectorised and crews are making progress fighting the fire internally.
Road closures are in place so please avoid the area.
UPDATE 9.00PM
The fire has been extinguished and breathing apparatus use has ceased.
Crews remain on scene to hot spot and cut away the ventilation system to check for fire spread while wearing respirators.