This is the aftermath of a blaze which engulfed a flat in North Lynn this afternoon.

Eastern Daily Press: Flats have been damaged in a fire on St Edmundsbury Road in North Lynn. Picture: Ian BurtFlats have been damaged in a fire on St Edmundsbury Road in North Lynn. Picture: Ian Burt (Image: Archant 2018)

Emergency services were called to St Edmundsbury Road shortly after 3.10pm to reports of a building fire.

At the height of the blaze, five fire crews from stations including King's Lynn, Sandringham and Outwell, were on scene.

Photographs of the building show significant fire damage to a ground floor flat. The property above also looks to have suffered from smoke damage.

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service has advised people to avoid the area and keep their windows closed.

Eastern Daily Press: Flats have been damaged in a fire on St Edmundsbury Road in North Lynn. Picture: Ian BurtFlats have been damaged in a fire on St Edmundsbury Road in North Lynn. Picture: Ian Burt (Image: Archant 2018)

A fire service spokesman confirmed that no one has been rescued from the property.

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• Updates to follow

Eastern Daily Press: Flats have been damaged in a fire on St Edmundsbury Road in North Lynn. Picture: Ian BurtFlats have been damaged in a fire on St Edmundsbury Road in North Lynn. Picture: Ian Burt (Image: Archant 2018)