Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service dealt with a fire in Sefton Park after a small disposable BBQ was left unattended and set nearby grass and bushes alight. Emergency services were called to the park in south Liverpool around 12.46pm on the afternoon of the report.
Firefighters reached the scene within minutes and found grassland and bushes burning. Crews extinguished the fire, then used two hose reel jets to dampen down the area and check for hot spots before leaving.
Sefton Park at 12.46pm
The call came after reports of a blaze in the popular park. The response moved quickly from callout to knockdown, limiting the fire to grassland and bushes rather than allowing it to spread further through the area.
For people using Sefton Park that afternoon, the practical detail is the speed of the response: the fire was found, put out and the scene left in the same stretch of time after the original call.
ECHO video of the blaze
A video of the blaze shared with the ECHO showed the devastation caused to the beauty spot. That sits alongside the fact that the fire had already been extinguished, leaving visible damage but no active flames by the time crews departed.
The account points to a simple cause and a fast intervention. A disposable BBQ left unattended was enough to ignite grass and bushes, and the next step for anyone walking through Sefton Park is to expect fire damage where the blaze took hold.
