FIRE fighters have tackled a small fire in a tumble dryer.

Crews from Elmswell and Ixworth were called to an old school building in Main Road, Westhorpe at 12.55pm today.

The two-storey building measuring 20 meters by 10 meters, was smoke logged on ground floor.

Fire crews used breathing apparatus and found a fire in tumble dryer in the kitchen.

Crews remove the machine and ventilated the building before the incident was stopped at 1.40pm.