AN investigation is underway after a blaze at a luxury New Forest hotel on Sunday.

Guests were evacuated from their rooms at the five-star Chewton Glen Hotel in the New Forest in the early hours of the morning.

Eight pumps were alerted to the fire which started in the laundry room of the hotel near New Milton.

Crews from New Milton, Beaulieu, Lymington, Redbridge, Ringwood and further support units were called out to the scene at about 1.30am, with guests woken and asked to leave their rooms.

They were brought into the lounge of the top hotel, and did not need to be evacuated from inside the hotel.

People staying in the hotel's exclusive tree houses said they were not able to use the swimming pool yesterday morning.

An investigation team were on the site yesterday morning, trying to establish the cause of the blaze.

A spokesperson for the hotel said: "At just after midnight on Sunday January 29, 2017 a fire broke out in the first floor laundry room at Chewton Glen.

"The alarm was sounded and the hotel’s fire management team evacuated guests staying at the hotel into the lounge, and called in the local fire service, who attended and brought the incident under control.

"Although the laundry has been damaged, mainly by smoke, no other areas of the building have been affected and guests were allowed back into their rooms by around 4am.

"Whilst it is too soon to comment on the source of the incident, we can confirm that no person was injured and the fire services involved praised the action and quick response of the hotel’s management team in containing the incident and guaranteeing the safely of all hotel guests and staff in the building.

"A full report will be prepared when the fire brigade has completed its investigations and we would like to thank the local fire service for their excellent response to this incident."