A BLOCK of flats in Marlow was evacuated this afternoon after fire broke out on the ground floor.

Firefighters were called to the flats in The Paddocks, off Newtown Road, Marlow at 13.46pm.

Two fire crews from High Wycombe took around ten minutes to bring the fire under control using a hose reel and breathing apparatus.

Colin Westover, crew manager, said: "On arrival everybody that had been within the building was outside. Nobody was trapped and no one had to be rescued. Nobody suffered any injuries."