According to East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, six crews were called to Goldstone House in Clarendon Road, Hove, at 10.26pm last night to reports of a fire in a first floor flat. Crews using an aerial platform battled the fire, which is believed to have been caused by a washing machine, into the early hours of the morning. No injuries were reported and everybody was safely removed from the building, before firefighters left the scene at 1am.