Pink fire engine launched in Merseyside

Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service has unveiled the UK’s first ever working pink fire engine in support of the Year of Action on Cancer in Merseyside and Cheshire.

Dubbedas “Lilly The Pink”, the appliance was unveiled by Desperate Scousewives star Amanda Harrington at Kensington Fire Station.

Lilly, which will be adorned in a variety of cancer awareness messages and important information about early diagnosis, will be on the streets of Merseyside standing out among the Service’s red fleet.