FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze which engulfed 50 square metres of undergrowth in Ipswich.

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze which engulfed 50 square metres of undergrowth in Ipswich.

A crew from Colchester Road station were called at 10.22pm last night, to the bridleway off Henley Road, where the area of bush was alight.

It took firefighters nearly an hour to get the flames under control before they could declare the area safe at 11.12pm.