A spokesperson for the fire service dealing with the blaze told the Manchester Evening News: "We were called at 10.36am this morning to a building fire at the Christie on Wilmslow Road.

"Five fire engines are currently dealing with the fire. The fire service were not able to confirm where the fire had started, only that the incident was still ongoing."

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service said the fire includes a three-storey office block and laboratory.

The service said in a statement: "At 10.36am on Wednesday (April 26) the fire service was called to a building fire at Christie Hospital, Wilmslow Road, Manchester.

"Five fire engines and an aerial ladder are at the scene.

"Firefighters are wearing breathing apparatus and using jets and hose reels to extinguish a fire involving a three-storey office block and labs."