LIVE: Huge fire at Church of Ascension in Salford is visible across the city – Manchester Evening News

Firefighters are battling a huge blaze which has engulfed a church in Salford.

Flames took hold of the Church of Ascension in Lower Broughton on Sunday night.

Photographs on social media show the fire tearing through the building, which sits on Ascension Road, beside Green Grosvenor Park and near River View Primary School.

Fire crews were seen on Ascension Road shortly before midnight on Sunday.

Six fire crews were called to the Church of Ascension in Lower Broughton at 11.08pm on Sunday night.

Huge fire at Church of Ascension in Salford is visible across the city

The church, on Ascension Road beside Green Grosvenor Park, is a grade II listed building and still used as a place of worship.

Witnesses say police are also at the scene.

The cause of the blaze has not yet been confirmed by GMP or the fire service.

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