Firefighters have spent the early hours of the morning tackling a building fire in a Norfolk village. 

Crewes were called to a property in Sutton Crescent in Freethorpe at 2.50am this morning (July 18). 

Firefighters wore breathing apparatus and used main jets and hose reel jets to extinguish the blaze. 

A thermal imaging camera was used to check for hotspots. 

Appliances from Acle and Great Yarmouth were sent to the scene of the blaze. 

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service called a time of 'stop' at about 4.05am.