A Sefton Park fire broke out this afternoon after a small disposable BBQ was left unattended, setting grassland and bushes alight in south Liverpool. Emergency services reached the park around 12.46pm, and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service arrived within minutes.
Sefton Park and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service
Firefighters found grassland and bushes on fire when they arrived. Crews extinguished the blaze and used two hose reel jets to dampen down and hotspot the area before leaving the scene.
South Liverpool grassland
The fire spread from a small disposable BBQ to nearby vegetation, turning a single discarded heat source into a wider park fire. That mix of dry grass and bushes is what made the incident visible beyond the spot where the BBQ was left.
Sefton Park fire aftermath
Sefton Park is a popular park in south Liverpool, and a video of the blaze shared with the Liverpool Echo showed the devastation caused to the beauty spot. How much damage the fire caused to the park was not specified, but the response was short and direct: crews put it out, treated the area, and left the scene.
