Four coaches were destroyed when fire swept through an East Sussex storage unit.

Firefighters from Uckfield, Crowborough, Forest Row and Heathfield were called to the blaze at Oak Ferras Farm, Piltdown, near Uckfield, at 1.50am today.

Passenger coaches and industrial machinery were being stored in industrial units on the site.

The coaches were believed to be owned by Freedom Travel, a coach hire company based at the farm.

No one from the company was available for comment this morning.

Gas cylinders stored at the site had to be removed and cooled down by firefighters in case they exploded.

Crews remained on the scene until 3.30am tackling the fire, which destroyed the unit and its contents.

No one was hurt in the incident and investigations are being carried out into the cause of the blaze.