A man has been taken to hospital after a fire in a second floor flat.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service was called to Tilbury Place, Brighton, at 6.45pm this evening (Thursday) to reports of smoke coming from a building.
Crew arrived to discover a fire in a second floor flat. Firefighters used a hose reel to extinguish the flames. It is not yet clear how it started.
A man was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital with smoke inhalation.
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