TWO people have been given medical treatment for smoke inhalation after a fire at their flat in Clacton.

The incident happened this evening at 5.20pm and two fire crews from Clacton Fire Station were sent to the property in Oxford Crescent.

Firefighters used a hose reel jet to put out the flames in the first floor flat by 5.36pm and they left the man and woman in the care of the East of England Ambulance Service.