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• Six fire engines and eight firefighters scrambled to the scene of an 'intense fire which was spreading rapidly' at a semi-detached property in Bootle at 3.38am.S1
• Another person was taken to hospital following the "intense fire which spread very rapidly", says fire chief.S2
• browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Four people have died in a fire at a house in Merseyside overnight. Four casualties ‘showing no signs of life’ were found at the semi-detached house in Stone Square in Bootle, Sefton. Merseyside...S3
• The deaths were confirmed on Tuesday afternoonS4
• Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said crews were called to the fire at a semi-detached house in Stone Square in Bootle at about 3.45am on Tuesday.S5