Overview
- Crews were alerted at 6:57pm and arrived at Knowsley Heights on Primrose Drive by 7:04pm with five engines and an aerial appliance.
- Firefighters gained entry to a third-floor flat and extinguished a balcony blaze using a main jet and a hose reel jet.
- During the response, fireworks were directed at crews, and a teenager suffered a firework injury treated by North West Ambulance Service.
- Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service reported no injuries to its personnel and urged respect for emergency workers.
- Video circulating on social media appears to show a firework shot toward a firefighter beside a fire engine near a small bonfire, and footage is being passed to Merseyside Police.