Incident

Roof fire

Firefighters were called to a roof fire in Leigh-on-Sea earlier today.

Crews were called to Nelson Drive in Leigh-on-Sea after a roof caught fire while work was being carried out on it.

Firefighters worked to remove roof tiles and felt to extinguish the fire by 2:21pm.

Crews gave first aid to a man at the scene who suffered smoke inhalation.

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Incident number
155529
Attending station
Location
Nelson Drive, Leigh-on-Sea
Date
1.02pm - 01 November 2021