About 200 metres of freshly cut straw and three straw stacks caught fire in a field in Suffolk last night.

About 200 metres of freshly cut straw and three straw stacks caught fire in a field in Suffolk last night.

The fire broke out in a field off Innocence Lane, Trimley St Martin, at shortly after 11pm.

One firecrew from Felixstowe was called to the blaze by police who were already on the scene. Firefighters had brought the blaze under control within half-an-hour.