Fire crews tackle large blaze at manor house

Smoke could be seen billowing from Ipswich earlier

Fire crews tackled a large blaze at a manor house as smoke billowed across a town.

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was called to Sproughton Manor near Ipswich to reports an outbuilding at the property was alight at 08:20 BST.

Crews found a 8m by 20m building, used as a games room, on fire and four gas cylinders were removed while some reports suggested another gas cylinder could be in the building leading crews to enter a "defensive mode".

A spokesperson for the fire service said at 12:20 the fire had been extinguished and a reinspection would take place at 16:00.

Crews are still tackling the fire and the fire service said further updates would be issued when more information is available