Residents are being asked to avoid the area and shut their windows after a large fire in the roof of a house in Hove.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue was called to Kelly Road at 11.45am this morning.
Six fire engines are currently at the private road, near Hove Recreation Ground.
At 2.40pm, the fire service said crews are using breathing apparatus and a main jet to carry out firefighting inside the property.
Building control is on the scene.
The fire service said: “Locals are being asked to avoid the area and keep doors and windows closed to avoid the smoke.
“There are no reports of injuries.”
Beside an allotment, this is a curious enclave of a road, for some reason a private one – with a track at the north end towards The Droveway beside a distinctly Modernist house. Some while after being given Planning permission a house on the western side has been renovated and cladded while those on the eastern side are distinctly older. Buildings, and re-buildings, in the Hove Park area are very interesting. O often stroll around it.