Firefighters battled through the night after a huge blaze threatened to engulf a row of terraced houses. The fire broke out in an outbuilding in the rural hamlet of Red Lumb, Rochdale, just before 7pm on Sunday.
Flames spread to the end home in a nearby row of three stone cottages. A video shows the fierce blaze raging shortly before fire crews arrived.
Witnesses say at its height flames were shooting 30ft into the air creating a huge plume of black smoke. About 35 firefighters were called to the scene on Red Lumb Street near Norden.
Several remained overnight dampening down 'hotspots'. It's not thought anyone was injured. But the outbuilding has been destroyed, while the terraced house has also been badly damaged.
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