Crews race to fire at Royal Mail delivery office in Gosport in the early hours of the morning

Firefighters from Fareham and Cosham raced to a blaze in a storage roll cage at at the Royal Mail Delivery Office in Mill Road, Gosport, at 12.25am this morning (January 1).

The fire spread to the roof of a nearby building and was extinguished using hose reel jets.

Crews gained access to the building to check if the fire had spread, as ventilation fans cleared smoke from the premises.

The scene was handed back to on-site staff before the fire and rescue service returned to the station at approximately 2am.