A MAN was taken to hospital with severe burns after a fire at a house in Brandon last night.

A MAN was taken to hospital with severe burns after a fire at a house in Brandon last night.

Firefighters were called to a house in Heron Avenue shortly after 11pm.

Crews from Brandon and Thetford had the bedroom blaze under control by 11.45pm.

Police said a man had been taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford with severe burns.

The cause of the fire is being investigated by the police and fire service.