An investigation into a fire has been launched after it burned for nearly two hours in Ipswich on Thursday night.

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was called at about 8.55pm on Thursday to reports of a fire in a first-floor flat. 

Three crews - two from Princes Street and one from Hadleigh - attended the property in Wingfield Street in Ipswich, close to the town centre.

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Officers from Suffolk police were also at the scene. 

Fire crews used breathing apparatus, hose reel jets and a hydrant when extinguishing the blaze, and declared the scene safe at about 10.50pm.

A spokeswoman for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said that there were no reports of any casualties, but added that an investigation was underway on Friday to determine the cause of the blaze.