Blackpool fire sends black smoke billowing into the sky
Thick black smoke could be seen billowing into the dreary morning sky as firefighters doused the flames, in Primrose Avenue, with water jets.
Two fire engines - one each from Blackpool and St Annes - were called at 10.14am, a spokeswoman for the Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) said.
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Hide AdA video taken at the scene showed firefighters wearing breathing masks dampening down the badly damaged extension - with the usual red brickwork of the semi-detached house left a charred black.
Nobody was hurt, it was confirmed, though there was no news of the fire's cause.
The road was temporarily blocked to traffic.
The fire was put out by 11am.