Felixstowe residents escaped harm after a bungalow's roof caught fire in Fleetwood Road.

Firefighters spent seven hours tackling the blaze after being call out at 2pm Sunday afternoon to the house near Felixstowe and Walton's United ground.

Fleetwood Road was shut as crews from Ipswich East, Ipswich Princes Street, Woodbridge and Felixstowe tackled the blaze.

A Suffolk Fire and Rescue spokesman everyone was safe and added: "The neighbouring properties are safe from the blaze as the crews have contained the blaze and have it under control."