Electric cupboard fire - cat rescued from flat
Firefighters rescued a cat from a smoke filled building today after a fire in an electric cupboard in Braintree.
Crews were called to a block of flats in St James Road, Braintree at 1:45pm.
On arrival, crews reported that there was a fire in an electrical cupboard.
Firefighters worked to evacuate residents - including a cat who was safely escorted out of the building - while crews extinguished the fire.
The fire was extinguished by 2:30pm.
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Braintree and Dunmow's firefighters are on-call firefighters; people who live or work within 5 minutes of their station and are paid to protect their community.
If you live or work within 5 minutes of an on-call fire station, you could be an on-call firefighter too.
Find out more about the role and how to apply at join.essex-fire.gov.uk/on-call.
