Firefighters called to blaze on grounds of Stowmarket High School

Published: 19:50, 10 September 2020

| Updated: 19:51, 10 September 2020

Emergency crews have been tackling a fire on the grounds of Stowmarket High School this evening.

Firefighters were called to reports of the blaze near the school at about 5.17pm.

A spokesman for Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was not in a school building, but a pile of rubbish that was "well alight".

The crews, from Stowmarket and Elmswell, had got the fire under control and started leaving the scene at about 6.11pm.