Firefighters are tackling a blaze in the roof of a house in Clayton, near Hassocks.
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service were called to Spring Lane at about 6.50am today.
At 8.20am they were still working on the third floor to fight flames in the roof.
No-one was injured and everybody in the house is understood to have got out safely.
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