Industrial building fire

Crews extinguished a fire in an industrial building in Ongar.

Firefighters from Brentwood, Harlow and Epping attended Stony Lane today at 11.21am.

On arrival, the building, which is used to repair lawnmowers and measured approximately 20 metres by 20 metres, was completely alight.

Station Manager Richie Green said: "Crews worked really hard to stop the fire from spreading and managed to contain it to the industrial unit affected.

"The fire was extinguished at about 12.30pm but crews remained at the scene to damp down and check for hotspots. A crew will revisit tonight to make sure it is safe."

A fire investigation will be carried out to establish the cause.

If you need business fire safety advice, our fire safety officers can help. Please contact your local team using the contact details here.

Could you be an on-call firefighter?

Epping's firefighters are on-call firefighters - they 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 too. 

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