Firefighters were at the scene for more than nine hours
Residents were evacuated from flats inside a former mill in Ashton-under-Lyne in the early hours after a fire broke out.
A 'partial evacuation' of the building was carried out by police and firefighters before the blaze was extinguished. Fire crews were on the scene for more than nine hours.Pictures taken at the scene this morning showed a cordon in place around the front of the converted mill. A flat on the fourth floor appeared to have charred windows that had been left wide open.
"Five fire engines from Ashton-under-Lyne, Hyde, Stalybridge and Hollins along with the hydraulic platform from Oldham attended the scene where a fire had in a flat on the fourth floor.
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