Photographs which show the destruction caused by a huge fire that destroyed up to 1,600 vehicles in a city centre car park in Liverpool have been released.
Rows of burnt-out cars are visible in the seven-storey building at the Liverpool Echo Arena which was engulfed in a 1,000C inferno on New Year's Eve after a Land Rover burst into flames.
The aftermath of the blaze was captured in the photographs released by Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service and shows the shells of the blackened vehicles.
A cordon remains in place around the car park, which is expected to be demolished.
Motorists abandoned their cars and fled along with 4,000 people who were evacuated as the final event of the Liverpool International Horse Show was called off at the Echo Arena.
Residents living in apartments nearby and tourists staying in hotels were also forced to leave as 12 fire engines and aerial ladders were scrambled to the scene.
The Merseyside chief fire officer said that the fire could have been stopped earlier if sprinklers had been fitted in the building.
Meanwhile Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said the council will take advice on any "lessons to be learned" over the fire at the local authority-owned building, which was constructed in 2008.
