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Watch: Fire crews tackle car blaze near block of flats in Harpurhey
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Manchester Evening News
Apr 17, 2016, 11:45:51 AM4/17/16
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![Watch: Fire crews tackle dramatic car fire near block of flats in Harpurhey]
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This is the moment a car went up in flames on a residential street in north
Manchester.
The footage, filmed by reader Annice Woolley, shows flames tearing through the
body of the abandoned vehicle, which was discovered after being set alight on
Culgaith Walk, [in Harpurhey](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-
about/harpurhey) , on Saturday night (April 17).
Worried onlookers and neighbours reported the incident to the emergency
services.
Firefighters from Blackley station raced to the scene at around 10.45pm to
tackle the blaze, which had broken out close to a block of flats.
Annice Woolley 
The car fire in Harpurhey
** Read: [ Watch moment firefighters tackle blaze after 'loud bang' in Levenshulme](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/video-levenshulme-fire-arson-attack-11179915) **
** Read: [ Watch: Never-before-seen video shows Manchester city centre after 1996 IRA bomb](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-ira-bomb-video-pictures-11129026) **
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said crews were
called to deal with the incident on Saturday night.
He said: "At 10.45pm a crew from Blackley attended a vehicle fire near a block
of flats.
"There were several calls about this incident.
"Firefighters were not there for very long after managing to get the fire
under control quite quickly."
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92571001_4849274563001-vs.jpg?pubId=4221396001) Video loading
Click to play
The Live Event you are trying to watch is either unavailable or has not
started
This is the moment a car went up in flames on a residential street in north
Manchester.
The footage, filmed by reader Annice Woolley, shows flames tearing through the
body of the abandoned vehicle, which was discovered after being set alight on
Culgaith Walk, [in Harpurhey](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-
about/harpurhey) , on Saturday night (April 17).
Worried onlookers and neighbours reported the incident to the emergency
services.
Firefighters from Blackley station raced to the scene at around 10.45pm to
tackle the blaze, which had broken out close to a block of flats.
Annice Woolley 
The car fire in Harpurhey
** Read: [ Watch moment firefighters tackle blaze after 'loud bang' in Levenshulme](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/video-levenshulme-fire-arson-attack-11179915) **
** Read: [ Watch: Never-before-seen video shows Manchester city centre after 1996 IRA bomb](http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/manchester-ira-bomb-video-pictures-11129026) **
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said crews were
called to deal with the incident on Saturday night.
He said: "At 10.45pm a crew from Blackley attended a vehicle fire near a block
of flats.
"There were several calls about this incident.
"Firefighters were not there for very long after managing to get the fire
under control quite quickly."
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