Paramedics and firefighters gave a homeowner oxygen therapy at the scene of a house fire in Felixstowe this evening.

Two fire crews from Felixstowe station used a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire, which was sparked in the kitchen of a home in Gosford Way shortly after 7.15pm.

One person - who is thought to have been in the house at the time of the blaze - was given oxygen therapy before being left in the care of the ambulance service.

The fire was put out by 7.45pm.