FIREFIGHTERS managed to put out a blaze at a block of flats in Colchester after a fire started in a ground floor flat.

Flats at Handy Fisher Court, The Commons, were evacuated at about 11.30pm last night.

One man, aged 60, was taken to Colchester General Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation but is now recovering.

The fire was extinguished after about 40 minutes.

See the full story in Monday's Gazette.