FIREFIGHTERS have been tackling a blaze at a home in Southtown for the last hour. Four appliances from Great Yarmouth and Gorleston were called to Lichfield Road shortly after 8am.

FIREFIGHTERS have been tackling a blaze at a home in Southtown for the last hour.

Four appliances from Great Yarmouth and Gorleston were called to Lichfield Road shortly after 8am.

Six firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the ground floor blaze with hose reel jets.

The fire took about 50 minutes to extinguish and crews are currently ventilating the property.