Firefighters praise family for quick escape during house fire

Firefighters have praised a family of four who acted quickly to escape during a house fire in Basildon this morning. 

Crews were called to a house fire in Paxfords, Laindon at 6:32am. 

On arrival, three crews reported the first floor of the house was on fire and heavily smoke logged. 

Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire and an investigation into the cause found it had started accidentally in a bedroom upstairs.

The family had all safely escaped the fire before crews arrived. 

The house has been left badly fire and smoke damaged.

Station Manager Quentin Sage said: “It’s so important to act quickly in a fire. Our advice is to get out of the house as quickly and as safely as you can, stay out and call the fire service out. That is exactly what this family did where they acted quickly as soon as they knew there was a fire to get outside and call us out. 

“Make an escape plan with your family so everyone knows what to do if there’s a fire in your home.”