A FIRE broke out at a Suffolk hotel this afternoon, after a number of towels caught alight.

Firefighters received reports of the blaze at the Bull Hotel in Market Hill, Woodbridge around 1pm.

A crew from Woodbridge fire station and another from Colchester Road fire station in Ipswich arrived to discover a number of towels had caught fire.

A spokesman for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said the incident was under control by around 1.30pm.