FIRE crews tackled a fire at a block of flats in Bury St Edmunds.Two crews from the town were called to Prince of Wales Close about 7.20pm after fire broke out on an external wooden staircase.

FIRE crews tackled a fire at a block of flats in Bury St Edmunds.

Two crews from the town were called to Prince of Wales Close about 7.20pm after fire broke out on an external wooden staircase.

They used one hose reel to extinguish the blaze which was under control by 7.30pm.