A VAN containing gas cylinders and an electricity transformer became a potentially deadly combination in Suffolk today when the vehicle burst into flames.

A VAN containing gas cylinders and an electricity transformer became a potentially deadly combination in Suffolk today when the vehicle burst into flames.

Firefighters were despatched after reports the van had caught fire in Grundisburgh Road, Haskeston, at around noon today.

Crews tackled the blaze with water jets to cool the cylinders and then used foam on the electrical transformer.

They returned to base at around 1pm.