FIREFIGHTERS have tackled a skip fire and wheelie bin fire in Ipswich.

FIREFIGHTERS have tackled a skip fire and wheelie bin fire in Ipswich.

At just after 8pm last night a fire in a skip broke out in Dereham Avenue, off Cliff Lane, which was under control in just over ten minutes.

Then at 9.20pm firefighters were called to Meredith Road, off Norwich Road, where a wheelie bin was on fire. That blaze was under control in just under 15 minutes.