FIREFIGHTERS from Lowestoft spent 12 minutes tackling a 'small fire' in a van.

Two crews from Lowestoft South fire station were called to a van blaze at Broom Road in the town at 12.44pm today (Thursday).

A Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said the call-out was to a 'small fire in the dashboard of a commercial van.' They quiklcy deaslt with the blaze and the scene was cleared by 12.56pm.