Workshop fire

Firefighters are currently tackling a fire in a workshop near Benfleet Road, Benfleet. 

When crews arrived they confirmed the workshop was fully alight. 

Station Manager Steve Osborne said: "It is a fire in a workshop which used to be an old chicken shed.The fire has now been surrounded and is under control. Crews will remain to monitor and extinguish hotspots."

The cause of the fire could not be determined.