A fire took place at Gulf Lady Lane Petrol Station in Hadleigh (Image: Johnny Griffith/Archant)
A man in his 40s has been air lifted to hospital with life threatening injuries after a fire at a garage in Hadleigh.
The fire broke started outside the Lady Lane Garage, in Lady lane, just before 7.20am this morning.
The man has been taken to the specialist burns unit at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford and his injuries are thought to life-changing/life-threatening, say Suffolk police.
Police have expressed their gratitude to members of the public on the scene who initially came to the man’s aid.
Local roads were closed in the wake of the blaze but have since reopened.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the incident but believe that nobody else was involved.
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