Police are investigating after emergency services were called to a car fire in Ipswich. 

Firefighters were called to Clapgate Lane off Nacton Road at about 5.25am on Monday. 

A spokesman for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said two firefighters were breathing apparatus and used a hose reel jet to tackle the blaze. 

A Suffolk police spokesman said officers are investigating a "suspicious" car fire in Clapgate Lane. 

They were called to the blaze at 5.40am by the fire service, the spokesman confirmed.