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Residents evacuated from town centre building as fire services attend
Several fire appliances, including an aerial platform were mobilised to Marsden Road earlier this afternoon.
The incident happened at around 4pm with around half-a-dozen fire engines on the scene, given the nature of the building.
Fire engines attended Marsden House on Sunday afternoon (Image: Phil Taylor)
However the incident was scaled down, leaving only two engines on the scene before the incident was deemed safe and closed, residents were allowed back within the hour.
The incident happened on the ground floor business.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said a fire alarm was set off by smoke from cooking food in a business on the ground floor of the building.
Firefighters remained at the scene to perform checks and make sure the building was safe.
Marsden House has a number of food businesses on the ground floor, with apartments making up the remaining floors.
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