Firefighters were called to the Seckford Hall Hotel at Woodbridge in the early hours today after a tumble drier caught alight.

One fire crew from Woodbridge was called to the incident at the hotel, alongside the A12, at 2.19am.

When the crew arrived it found the tumble drier “well alight” in a small porch outside of the main premises of the hotel.

Officers used one hosereel to tackle the blaze, which was under control by 3.04am.