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Primary school evacuated after fire in roof

Ben Parker,Suffolkand
Alice Cunningham,Ipswich
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service A fire engine is parked outside the school building. There is a ladder leaning up against the side of the building leading to the roof. A hose from the engine is also leading on to the roof.Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service
The fire was believed to have started in the roof of one of the school's buildings

A school has had to be evacuated after fire broke out in the roof of one of its buildings.

Suffolk Fire Service was called to Sidegate Lane Primary School, in Ipswich, on Wednesday afternoon after a "member of staff called to report a smell of smoke".

Crews from Ipswich Princes Street, Ipswich East, Needham Market and Haverhill were sent to the scene.

The fire service said it believed the fire had been extinguished, with crews now looking for hot spots. Children were being collected from the school by parents.

Alice Cunningham/BBC Two fire engines are parked on the road outside Sidegate Lane Primary SchoolAlice Cunningham/BBC
Four fire engines were dispatched to the fire

The fire service said the fire was found in the roof of the single-storey early years building.

Sidegate Lane was closed by police but has since reopened.

Alice Cunningham/BBC A group of parents gathered outside Sidegate Lane Primary School by a zebra crossing.Alice Cunningham/BBC
Parents gathered outside the school to collect children

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