Firefighters quickly tackled a barbecue blaze after it spread to a fence.

A crew from Lowestoft South fire station were alerted at 1.42pm on Tuesday, June 25 following reports of a blaze in the garden of a property on Ohio Close.

On arrival at the scene they discovered that the blaze had spread to a fence at the property.

In a post on Twitter, Lowestoft South Fire Station tweeted: "13:43 #BlueWatch #LowestoftSouth mobilised to a bbq which had spread to a fence.

"Fire extinguished with one hose reel."

With the blaze soon under control, the scene was cleared by 1.52pm.