Fire crews have been called to a blaze in a mid Suffolk village.

Appliances from Needham Market and Stowmarket were called to a field off Stowmarket Road in Ringshall just after 4.30pm on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the fire service said around two acres of land were affected.

He added that it started after a bonfire at a nearby property spread into the field.

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Firefighters used hose reels to extinguish the flames and received their stop message an hour later at 5.33pm.

Thomas Williams said he was walking his dog in the area at about 4.15pm when he heard "an explosion" coming from a neighbouring garden.

"I wasn't sure what it was so I carried on walking, but when I returned on my way back around 15 minutes later, I saw a fire had spread to the field," he explained.

"By that point there were already fire engines coming past - it all happened very quickly."