A WOMAN was taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation after fire broke out at her home in Lowestoft.

A WOMAN was taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation after fire broke out at her home in Lowestoft.

Firefighters were called to a semi-detached house in Trafalger Street at 9.51am.

A small fire, which started on the landing of the two-storey home, had already been extinguished when crews arrived but the woman had collapsed outside and needed treatment after breathing in smoke.