A fire which engulfed a number of fence panels is being treated as suspicious.

Two fire crews were called out to the incident in Bramford Road, Ipswich, at around 11.40am today.

A number of fence panels and rubbish were alight.

The fire also affected a double glazed unit of a nearby property, a Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said.

The spokesman added the cause of the fire was “believed to be suspicious”.

Firefighters had doused the flames by noon.