Huge inferno breaks outs at cheese business as 50 firefighters fight flames

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A huge blaze has broken out at Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses in Lancashire, with dozens of firefighters battling the inferno. Pictures and videos from the scene show flames pouring out of the building on Preston Road in Longridge.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to the incident shortly after 9.30pm on Monday night (November 6), LancsLive reports.

A total of 10 fire engines from Longridge, Preston, Fulwood, Bamber Bridge, Penwortham, Chorley, Hyndburn, Blackburn, and Wesham attended along with two aerial ladder platforms, one stinger appliance, a drone unit, a high-volume pump, and a command unit. READ MORE: The takeaway so filthy the mice were eating the grease READ MORE: Two teenagers stabbed in broad daylight outside Manchester College Fire bosses said the blaze involved an 80m by 60m commercial building and fire crews used the aerial ladder platforms, three main jets, and a water bowser to extinguish the fire.

Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses posted on social media at 11.20pm saying: "We can confirm that Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service are currently at the scene of a fire at our office and packing site on Shay Lane in Longridge.