Fire service says blaze is contained but it will maintain a significant presence at the scene for at least a further 24 hoursFirefighters have declared a blaze at a leading cancer research hospital in Manchester to be a “major incident”, warning that it would leave the fire service less able to attend other incidents until it was put out. Greater Manchester fire and rescue service said on Wednesday evening that the fire had been contained, but declared it a major incident and said they would have “a significant presence” at the scene for at least a further 24 hours. The building is run by the University of Manchester, the Christie NHS foundation trust and Cancer Research UK. It forms part of the largest single-site cancer centre in Europe, which treats around 40,000 patients a year. A spokeswoman for the hospital said: “All the associated areas have been evacuated, including any patient areas.

Source: The Guardian April 26, 2017 11:15 UTC