BREAKING: Fire and rescue service at the scene of property fire in Pagham

Teams from Bognor Regis, Selsey, Chichester, Littlehampton, Worthing and Havant, as well as an aerial ladder platform team were called to the scene just before 8am.

A spokesperson for West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, announcing the incident on Twitter, warned members of the public to avoid the area in order to allow emergency personnel to work. They said firefighters wearing breathing apparatus were bringing the fire under control using two main jets, two high pressure hose reels, a safety jet and a covering jet.

Speaking to Sussex World, they added: “We were called at 7.56am to reports of a fire involving a property on Nyetimber Lane in Pagham. All residents are accounted for.”