60 firefighters called to blaze at Portsmouth flats

Emergency services received the call around 4am, after a severe fire broke out in a 13th floor flat in Somerstown.

A number of residents inside the complex were evacuated from the building.

The resident of the flat where the fire started was not believed to be home at the time.

Fire crews have extinguished the blaze. Significant damage has been caused to the flat and adjacent corridor.

The cause of the fire is to be investigated.