Residents evacuated from block of flats, off Ipswich Street in Stowmarket, after fire in underground car park
Published: 11:52, 13 May 2024
Residents were evacuated from a block of flats after a motorbike fire in an underground car park in Stowmarket.
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to the incident at 8.36pm yesterday in Dukes Meadow View, off Ipswich Street.
A spokesperson said a motorcycle caught fire, activating the block’s fire alarm and causing residents to evacuate.
The fire activated the building’s sprinkler system and firefighters, wearing breathing equipment, used a hose reel jet to extinguish it.
The cause of the blaze was accidental.
Four engines attended initially – from Princes Street in Ipswich, Needham Market, Elmswell and Debenham - but this was reduced to two.
The incident was dealt with by 9.52pm.