A woman had to be rescued from a house fire in Ipswich overnight. 

Firefighters and ambulance crews were called to the blaze in the first floor of a property in Henniker Road at about 1.15am on Tuesday.  

A spokesman for Suffok Fire and Rescue Service said it helped rescue a woman from the property. 

She was then treated by the East of England Ambulance Service. 

A spokesperson for the East of England Ambulance Service said: "Two ambulances and an ambulance officer vehicle were sent to an Ipswich address this morning following reports of a house fire.

"One woman was assessed at the scene, but did not require hospital transport."