PROPERTIES had to be ventilated after a camper van caught alight in a garage in Acton, near Sudbury.

PROPERTIES had to be ventilated after a camper van caught alight in a garage in Acton, near Sudbury.

Suffolk Fire Service were called to the incident around 7.30pm this evening on Cobblers Way.

They removed the camper van from the garage but adjoining properties had to be ventilated because of smoke spread.

A hose reel and four breathing apparatus were used to extinguish the fire by 8.50pm.