Major incident declared after huge fire breaks out at mill building

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reports Lancs Live. The blaze involves a 200m by 90m commercial building and fire crews are tackling the incident with an aerial ladder platform, eight jets and a stinger appliance.Crews from across Lancashire and Greater Manchester are trying to control the blaze.Residents living near the scene are being told to close their windows and doors ‘as a precaution’.Grane Road has been shut in both directions along with the slip road connecting the A56 to Grane Road and a section of Jubilee Road.A spokesperson for Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said: "On arrival crews found the fire involved a commercial mill building approximately 200m by 90m."The fire was well developed and a further eleven fire engines were requested to assist with.