A FIRE broke out in a flat last night.

Firefighters were called to a fire in a flat at Cleveland Road shortly before 9.45pm.

Wearing breathing apparatus, crews used a hose reel jet to put the fire out.

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Firefighters then switched a large fan on to clear smoke from the flat.

Crews from Warrington and Penketh were at the scene for an hour-and-a-half.