'Every man and his dog' investigate reports of bar on fire on Blackpool's North Pier

Firefighters attended Blackpool's North Pier in the early hours of this morning after reports of flames coming from a bar.
Blackpool's North PierBlackpool's North Pier
Blackpool's North Pier

Crews were called to the the pier at 1am where "every man and his dog" was there to look at what was believed to be a fire coming from the Carousel Bar, a Blackpool fire station spokesman said.

The call out turned out to be a false alarm.

A fire station spokesman said that what looked like flames was external orange lighting with heavy mist.