FIRE crews had to use breathing apparatus and pumps to put out a car fire near RAF Mildenhall last night.

Jonathan Schofield

FIRE crews had to use breathing apparatus and pumps to put out a car fire near RAF Mildenhall last night.

Crews from Brandon and Mildenhall found the car well alight when they arrived at the scene in The Street, Holywell Row, at 10.20pm on Thursday.

It took firefighters 20 minutes to bring the blaze under control.