FIRE crews were scrambled after a child was locked inside a car in Ipswich.

A crew from Ipswich East fire station was called to Elderberry Road at 11.39am.

A spokesman for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said the child - whose gender and age was not disclosed - was freed within a quarter of an hour of the crew arriving.

Fire fighters, who used specialist cutting equipment to get into the car, were back at their bases shortly after midday.