PICTURES: Fire in an industrial building

Crews attended a fire in a disused industrial building in Thames Road, Canvey, during the early hours of this morning.

We were called at 2.30am and found a five metre by 10 metre detached building well alight.

Firefighters contained the fire, before using the aerial ladder platform to expose any hotspots in the roof.

The incident was finished at 5.30am and an investigation into the cause will be carried out.

Could you be an on-call firefighter?

Firefighters from Canvey Fire Station are on-call firefighters, who all live or work within five minutes of an on-call fire station and attend incidents.

If you live or work within five minutes of an on-call fire station, you could be an on-call firefighter too.

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