A man has been taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a block of Stevenage flats this morning.

The Comet: Firefighters leaving the flat block in Prestatyn Close, Stevenage. Picture: Danny LooFirefighters leaving the flat block in Prestatyn Close, Stevenage. Picture: Danny Loo (Image: Archant)

One Stevenage crew, supported by firefighters from Hitchin and Letchworth & Baldock, were alerted to a fire in a first floor in Prestatyn Close shortly after 9.50am.

The Comet: Police at the scene of the fire in Prestatyn Close, Stevenage. Picture: Danny LooPolice at the scene of the fire in Prestatyn Close, Stevenage. Picture: Danny Loo (Image: Archant)

The blaze was out by 10.15am and a man in his 30s has since been taken to hospital.