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Person taken to hospital following house blaze

Rachael McMenemy,Suffolkand
Ellena Cruse
News imageDarren Rozier/BBC A night-time image of a firefighter hosing down a semi-detached house, which is smoking and the roof has partially collapsed. On the house on the right, which has been the worst affected, the garden and driveway are very overgrown, with big bushes covering a car and ivy covering much of the home's exterior. Darren Rozier/BBC
Fire crews were called out in the early hours of Friday to tackle the flames

One person has been taken to hospital and another assessed by paramedics after an "aggressive" house fire broke out in Ipswich.

Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service sent six engines to Henniker Road just after 05:15 BST.

Part of the roof has collapsed on the semi-detached house, near Bramford Road, which has also affected the property next door.

Incident commander Lee Wilkins said flames were "coming out of several windows and [the] roof space" when crews arrived, and they worked hard to bring it under control. It was extinguished just after midday.

News imageDarren Rozier/BBC Firefighters in an aerial ladder shoot water down into the roof space of a semi-detached house. The roof of the house on the right is completely destroyed with some wooden roof beams sticking into the air. The house to the left has some holes in the roof from fire damage.Darren Rozier/BBC
Crews had been met with an "aggressive" blaze, the fire service said

The East of England Ambulance Service said it had taken one person to hospital for further care, while another was assessed and discharged at the scene.

Two neighbouring properties were also evacuated as a precaution.

An investigation into the cause of the blaze has begun.

News imageSuffolk Fire and Rescue Service A daylight image of the house which has been mostly extinguished. In the foreground, a firefighter looks up at the house, while standing between two cherry pickers. A firefighter is operating the vehicle on the right, with another crew member in the basket looking over the top of the house. An electrician is in a separate cherry picker basket on the left, working on overhead electrical wires close to the home.Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service
Firefighters managed to put out the blaze just after midday

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