{"id":20063,"date":"2018-09-05T17:38:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T16:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=20063"},"modified":"2018-09-05T17:38:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T16:38:39","slug":"liverpools-littlewoods-pools-building-engulfed-by-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=20063","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool&#8217;s Littlewoods Pools building engulfed by fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC_news_website_050918.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20064\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC_news_website_050918.png\" alt=\"building and fire\" width=\"300\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a>A huge blaze has destroyed part of the Littlewoods Pools building, one of Liverpool&#8217;s most famous landmarks.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The roof and upper floor of one wing of the &#8220;iconic&#8221; structure were feared to have been lost after the fire took hold shortly before 20:00 BST on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Merseyside Fire Service said there had been no injuries and there were no concerns over the building&#8217;s integrity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; the art deco structure on Edge Lane&#8230; has been empty since 2003&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson tweeted: &#8216;Absolutely heartbreaking news that the iconic Littlewoods Building is ablaze, looks pretty bad at this stage, let&#8217;s hope and pray it&#8217;s salvageable.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-merseyside-45390540\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/resources\/idt-sh\/liverpool_littlewoods_building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A huge blaze has destroyed part of the Littlewoods Pools building, one of Liverpool&#8217;s most famous landmarks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20065,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20063\/revisions\/20065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}