FIREFIGHTERS have spent nearly three-and-a-half hours tackling a fire in an Ipswich bedroom.

FIREFIGHTERS have spent nearly three-and-a-half hours tackling a fire in an Ipswich bedroom.

Two crews were called to the blaze in the first-floor bedroom of a semi-detached house in Robin Drive at about 4pm yesterday.

Firefighters wore breathing apparatus and used hose reels to get the fire under control by about 7.20pm.