House fire

Update 12pm

Crews have spent the morning at the incident dampening down the area and making sure it is safe. A fire investigation has been carried out, at the moment the cause of the fire is undetermined.

There has been significant fire damage to the property and the home has been left uninhabitable.

Update 6.30am

The gas and electricity to the house were isolated at around 3am. Firefighters have spent the last few hours dampening down the scene and making sure it is completely cooled. 

A full investigation into the cause will take place once it is safe to do so.  

Fire crews were called to a property in Heybridge at 10.21pm this evening after reports of a house fire.

Incident Commander Dan Kirk said:

"When our crews arrived they were faced with an end-terrace house that was completely alight. 

"The roof quickly collapsed and our concern was that the fire would spread to adjoining properties. 

"Our crews did a fantastic job of surrounding the fire both from the ground and above and bringing it under control quickly.

"It's incredible that the fire hasn't spread, and it's thanks to the firefighters' skill and hard work that we're not looking at multiple houses involved in this fire."

At 12.15am firefighters reported they were waiting for Cadent to arrive to assist in turning the gas off. Once this is done crews will be able to extinguish the final flames which are currently completely under control but being fed by a small gas leak. 

There are no reported injuries.