Farm building fire

Crews extinguished a fire in a farm outbuilding in Thaxted.

Firefighters were called to Bardfield Road today at 4pm and found part of large industrial building alight.

Watch Manager Darren Hockley said: "Crews worked really hard to quickly get the fire under control and stop it from spreading.

"The building was filled with construction materials, mainly wood, which made the incident even more challenging.

"Crews extinguished the fire then had to turn over and remove materials to check for hot spots and damp down."

The fire was completely extinguished by 5.55pm. The cause has been recorded as undetermined. 

Could you be an on-call firefighter?

Crews who attended this incident are on-call firefighters who all live or work within 5 minutes of an on-call fire 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.

Find out more at join.essex-fire.gov.uk/on-call