A majority of the estimated 1,200 vehicles in the seven-storey car parking garage in Liverpool gutted by a fire on New Years Eve were destroyed, there was no fire suppression sprinkler system, ad budget cuts to the fire dept years ago meant few immediate response fire fighting trucks

No human nor animal was seriously injured in the blaze.

No sprinklers were fitted in the building, he said. “Had the car park had sprinklers, that would certainly have suppressed the fire and might even have extinguished the fire,” he said.

The mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, said fire service cuts had contributed to the devastation. "24 months ago we would have had 8 fire engines from 4 stations responding instead of 2"

Fire investigators believe the fire started shortly after 4.30pm on Sunday, when the engine compartment of a Range Rover Discovery on the second level went up in flames. “There is nothing to suggest it was anything other than an accidental ignition,” said Stephens.

Crews were first called at 4.42pm and were on the scene eight minutes later.

The fuel in the burning cars emitted such heat that firefighters did not have enough water to extinguish the blaze quickly using the water mains, he said.

This would be a good use for a drone camera to record the damage the day after

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