Fire crews are battling the flames at a scrapyard on Regent Road, with five engines and an aerial appliance at the scene. Both Derby Road and Regent Road have been closed to the public. "There is a lot of smoke issuing from the fire so residents should keep windows closed and people are advised to avoid the area," Merseyside Fire has said.
Alarming footage taken at the scene at about 4pm on Saturday afternoon shows dark smoke erupting into the sky. "There is a massive fire on the Liverpool docks.
The sky in Bootle is black with smoke," one Twitter user said."No idea what is burning, looks like scrap yard," said another.Around 100 tonnes of waste metal product is currently up in flames at the scrapyard, the Liverpool Echo reports.
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