Around 60 firefighters tackled a blaze which has destroyed a Lancashire nightclub and damaged neighbouring shops.
Fire crews were called to the Club Monaco in Poulton at around 10.00pm on Sunday 17 January. The nightclub, which is situated in the Teanlowe shopping centre, was destroyed in the fire and some of the shops in the centre were damaged by smoke or water.
Specialist equipment including two aerial ladder platforms, a hazardous materials unit and a mobile fire station were mobilised, along with 10 fire engines.
“Firefighters had a difficult task of trying to find where the fire was located when they first arrived because of the structure and the complex layout of the nightclub," said station manager Peter Moss.
"At first we sent firefighters with breathing apparatus inside to extinguish the fire, however, there was a risk that the roof could collapse and they were withdrawn. We then utilised the two aerial ladder platforms and attacked the fire from the outside until it was safe for firefighters to go back inside the building wearing breathing apparatus."
The cause of the fire is being investigated.
