Some of the incidents across Essex in the last 24 hours
As well as some large field fires across the county yesterday which we had to send lots of resources to, our crews continued to deal with number of smaller fires across Essex as well as attending road traffic incidents and other calls.
They have been working extremely hard in difficult conditions.
Please help them today by:
- Not having barbecues, bonfires or campfires
- Putting out cigarettes properly
- Not having fireworks or releasing sky lanterns
- Disposing of litter correctly, discarded glass can cause a fire in the hot weather
Here are some of the incidents we attended over the past 24 hours. This is just a snap snot and not every incident.
Incident Number: 175773
Fire in the open
Lexden Park, Church Lane, Colchester
Time of call 8.51am 13/08/2022
Attendance: 2 x Colchester
Eighty square metres of undergrowth alight. Fire extinguished by 11.09
The cause of the fire is thought to be deliberate or accidental.
Incident Number: 175793
Field fire
Inworth Lane, Wakes Colne
Time of call: 12.06pm 13/08/2022
Attendance: 2 x Colchester
Firefighters stopped a field fire heading towards the railway track. Extinguished by 12.56pm.
Incident Number: 175799
Field Fire
North End Road, Little Yeldham
Time of call: 13:00 13/08/2022
Attendance: 1 x Halstead, 1 x Clare (Suffolk), 1 x Colchester
Six acres of stubble field well alight, with trees and hedgerows affected. Crews worked with the farmer to create a firebreak. The fire was out at 2.13pm.
Incident Number: 175803
Fire in the open
Woodhouse Lane, Broomfield, Chelmsford
Time of call: 13:36 13/08/2022
Attendance: 1 x Maldon
Fifty square metres of grass and stubble alight. Extinguished by 2.21pm. Believed to have been sorted deliberately.
Incident Number: 175809
Fire in the open
Cowdray Avenue, Colchester
Time of call: 14:07 13/08/2022
Attendance: 1x Wivenhoe
Small fire in the open, extinguished by 2.22pm. Thought to have been started accidentally.
Incident Number: 175844
Fire in the open
Downhall Park Way, Rayleigh
Time of call: 17:48 13/08/2022
Attendance: 1 x Burnham
Firefighters used backpack sprayers and beaters to deal with this small fire which was thought to have been started deliberately.
Incident Number: 175856
Fire in the open
Braxted Park, Rivenhall End
Time of call: 19:06 13/08/2022
Attendance: 2 x Colchester, 1 x Witham
This small fire in the open was extinguished by 8.08pm but smoke could be seen on the A12 prompting multiple calls to our control room.
Incident Number: 175862
Fire in the open
Eastern Avenue, Southend
Time of call: 20:02 13/08/2022
Attendance: 1 x Wethersfield
The fire was out by 8.50pm, 50 metres by 20 metres of grassland and hedgerow near the golf course was damaged. It was thought to have been started deliberately.
Incident Number: 175892
Fire in the open
Fingringhoe Road, Rowhedge
Time of call: 01:24 14/08/2022
Attendance: 1 x Colchester, 1 x Brightlingsea, 1 x Coggeshall, 1 x Wivenhoe, 1 x West Mersea
Firefighters worked through the early hours of this morning to deal with one hectare of woodland which was on fire. It was out by 6.22am with the cause recorded as accidental.
Incident Number: 175905
Fire in the open
Lower Road, Hockley
Time of call: 06:04 14/08/2022
Attendance: 1 x Rayleigh Weir, 1 x Southend
Firefighters were called to reports of a large bonfire next to a field of tall grass. The fire was extinguished by 8.01am.