RESIDENTS had an early morning wake-up call when a fire alarm caused their block of flats to be evacuated.

Firefighters were called to the alarm sounding at 7.30am this morning to a block of flats in Brunswick Road, Hove.

The alarm was triggered when water from a faulty radiator in a second floor flat leaked into the alarm system.

Firefighters were quickly able to isolate the water supply and return the residents to their beds.