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.

Could you be an on-call firefighter?

Hawkwell’s firefighters are on-call firefighters who all live or work within 5 minutes of an on-call fire station.

If you live or work within 5 minutes of an on-call fire station, you could be paid to protect your community as an on-call firefighter.

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