Fire Crews Tackle Pizza Firm Fire - Building Destoyed - Supply Chain Affected

More than 70 firefighters are at the scene of a huge fire which has wrecked a pizza firm's premises in Lancashire.

The fire broke out at Stateside Foods, Priorswood Place, Skelmersdale, shortly before 0500 GMT.

Fire officials said the fire started in a single storey building and spread to a three storey building. There were no casualties and the cause was unknown.

Kathy Stacey, of Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, urged people to stay indoors as a precaution.

Stateside Foods supplies chilled pizzas and frozen pizza crusts to retailers and the service industry.


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