A woman has been taken to hospital with burns following a fire at a caravan.

Firefighters and paramedics were called to the scene, on Palling Road, near Waxham, just before 5pm.

The fire was out by the time the firefighters from Martham arrived.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust said it received a call at just before 5pm.

He said: 'A rapid response vehicle, ambulance officer and ambulance crew attended to a woman, believed to be in her 50s, who had suffered burns to her leg and arm.

'She was treated at the scene and taken to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital for further treatment.

'Her injuries are described as superficial.'