A WOMAN was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a third floor flat.

Firefighters were called to Saxon Court in Eastbourne Road, Pevensey Bay, at about 7.15pm on Monday.

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said there had been reports people were trapped in the flat but all were accounted for.

Crews were at the scene for about two hours and an investigation has been launched into the cause of the blaze.