Merseyside fire engines have been late arriving at more than 600 serious fires in the last four years, the ECHO can reveal.

The fire service has been delayed getting to a total of 607 primary fires, which are described as fires “involving casualties, rescues, or any fire attended by five or more appliances”.

Reported by the Liverpool Echo . You can read the full story here. 

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