DEMOLITION experts have been called in to make the scene of a dramatic mill fire safe.

Firefighters battled a blaze at the disused industrial premises in Brownlow Way, Halliwell, on Tuesday night.

A dozen neighbouring properties had to be evacuated and four families had to spend the night with family and friends. All of them were allowed home on Wednesday morning.

Now a specialist team has demolished the most unstable part of the building.

A spokesman for Greater Manchester Fire Service said that the site “no longer poses a risk in terms of fire”.

A joint police and fire investigation is taking place to establish the cause of the fire at the mill.