FIREFIGHTERS were called to reports of a tree on fire in Beccles.Fire crews from Beccles and Normanhurst were called to Puddingmoor Lane at about 9am and found a smouldering hollow tree, with gas cylinders and tyres alight inside it.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to reports of a tree on fire in Beccles.

Fire crews from Beccles and Normanhurst were called to Puddingmoor Lane at about 9am and found a smouldering hollow tree, with gas cylinders and tyres alight inside it.

The crews used water pumped from a nearby river to douse the flames.

The incident, which is being treated as suspicious, was over by 11.30am.