A resident was treated for smoke inhalation following a fire in the basement of a home in Southwold.

One fire engine from Southwold was called to a home in Marlborough Road at 4.12pm today.

On arrival crews found a small fire in a basement and used one hose reel jet to extinguish the blaze by 4.38pm.

A spokesperson for Suffolk Fire Service said that one casualty had treated for smoke inhalation following the blaze.

Crews then wore four sets of breathing apparatus to ventilate the building.

Meanwhile, crews were called to a home in Greenfinch Avenue in Ipswich at 4.50pm to tackle a small chimney fire.

One fire engine was called to the incident and crews used chimney rods to put out the blaze by 5.26pm.