EMERGENCY crews had to race to a burger bar after a fire started in a fridge.

Firefighters from Brockenhurst, Beaulieu and New Milton had to rush to the lobster and burger bar in Lymington High Street.

Lymington fire station, which is operated part time, was unoccupied at the time the fire happened on Friday evening.

Crews also feared that people were still inside, but later confirmed that the eatery was empty.

It is unknown how the fire, which started in the fridge, began.