Three teenage boys have been released on bail as a fire in a Suffolk town is being treated as a suspected arson, police have said. 

Emergency services were called to the blaze at the back of WH Smith in Victoria Street in Felixstowe at 6.30pm on Wednesday.

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Police have now confirmed that the three teenage boys who were arrested on Wednesday have now been released on police bail until July 29.

A police spokesman said that "enquiries into the fire are continuing" and that "police are treating it as suspected arson".

Fourteen appliances including an aerial ladder were at the scene on Wednesday evening tackling the massive blaze.

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Crews from Ipswich East, Woodbridge, Princes Street, Holbrook, Felixstowe and Needham Market attended.

No one was reported as injured following the fire but multiple flats have been reported as being badly damaged.

Multiple residents were evacuated and two residents are still unable to return to their flats due to damage.

East Anglian Daily Times: Debris from the fire was strewn across the rear yard of the property in Victoria Street Debris from the fire was strewn across the rear yard of the property in Victoria Street (Image: Newsquest)

The charred debris from the bin where the fire started could be seen strewn across the yard where the fire took place.