Incidents
The incidents shown on this page are a selection of the most notable incidents Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has attended. Click on the headline of each incident to see the full details.
An archive of historic incident details are available on our Transparency site.
Smoking advice after flat fire
LocationDraper Close, Thurrock
Attending stationGrays, Rayleigh Weir
Incident typeFire
Date11.21am, 30 Mar 2025
Find out moreCrews tackle fire at hotel
LocationEpping Road, North Weald Bassett
Attending stationHarlow, Old Harlow, Chelmsford, Waltham Abbey, Loughton, Brentwood, Grays, Corringham, Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Technical Rescue, Stansted, Ongar, Wickford
Incident typeFire
Date9.05pm, 28 Mar 2025
Find out moreFire at waste recycling site
LocationCordons Farm, Braintree
Attending stationBraintree, Coggeshall, Great Dunmow
Incident typeFire
Date2.11pm, 24 Mar 2025
Find out moreFlat fire in high rise building - one person rescued
LocationBaxter Avenue, Southend on Sea
Attending stationSouthend, Leigh, Shoeburyness, Rochford, Rayleigh Weir
Incident typeFire
Date9.00pm, 21 Mar 2025
Find out moreThatched roof fire
LocationFinkle Green, Birdbrook
Attending stationHalstead, Wethersfield, Saffron Walden, Great Dunmow
Incident typeFire
Date9.11am, 16 Mar 2025
Find out moreRoof fire
LocationGalley Hill Road, Waltham Abbey
Attending stationHarlow, Loughton
Incident typeFire
Date10.34pm, 14 Mar 2025
Find out moreCaravan fire
LocationSadlers Farm, Bowers Gifford, Basildon
Attending stationBasildon, Billericay, Rayleigh Weir, Wickford
Incident typeFire
Date8.26pm, 11 Mar 2025
Find out morePile of waste on fire
LocationOak Road, Billericay
Attending stationBillericay, Basildon, Corringham
Incident typeFire
Date9.00am, 11 Mar 2025
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