Industrial unit fire
Firefighters were called to a fire in an industrial unit in Harlow this morning.
On arrival, crews reported that the building was heavily smoked logged. Firefighters wearing Breathing Apparatus entered the building to extinguish the fire.
Crews worked to extinguish a fire within a cardboard compacting machine by 7:29am.
The cause of the fire was accidental and was contained to the machine.
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