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Emergency crews were pelted with fireworks while attending a blaze at a high-rise block in Merseyside on Wednesday (November 5).

A police investigation will now be launched after the fire service were targeted on Primrose Drive in the Huyton area. They were called to reports that a tower block was on fire.

One video shared on social media showed a firework being shot in the direction of a firefighter near to where a small bonfire was lit, the ECHO reports.

A teenager was injured after being struck by a firework and is being treated by paramedics.

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A statement from Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service said: "We are currently in attendance at an incident on Primrose Drive, Huyton. Crews were alerted at 18.57 and o

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