Watch as firefighters tackle huge blaze at a hotel on Blackpool Promenade

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Video footage shows the moment firefighters attempted to tackle a large blaze at a derelict hotel on Queen's Promenade in Blackpool.

A dozen fire engines were called to the New Hacketts Hotel on Monday afternoon (April 24) following reports of a fire at the abandoned property.

Residents reported seeing large gusts of smoke from around 3pm, and at 4:50pm.

At the time, a Lancashire Police spokesman said the matter remained with Lancashire Fire and Rescue to conduct an investigation to establish cause of the fire