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.
Tumble dryer fire leaves family homeless
LocationPrincess Street, Parkeston
Attending stationDovercourt, Colchester
Incident typeFire
Date5.18am, 04 Oct 2023
Find out moreCrews extinguish fire at recycling plant
LocationOngar Road, Stondon Massey
Attending stationBrentwood, Chelmsford, Harlow, Ongar
Incident typeFire
Date10.52pm, 03 Oct 2023
Find out moreHoover left on charge causes fire
LocationEastview Drive, Rayleigh
Attending stationRayleigh Weir, Hawkwell
Incident typeFire
Date1.54pm, 02 Oct 2023
Find out moreCrews attend road traffic collision on A120
LocationA120 Great Dunmow to Stansted Westbound
Attending stationGreat Dunmow, Harlow
Incident typeRoad traffic collision
Date11.47am, 02 Oct 2023
Find out moreFirefighters rescue two casualties after road traffic collision on M11
LocationM11 southbound (between Junctions 7 and 6)
Attending stationHarlow, Brentwood, Old Harlow
Incident typeRoad traffic collision
Date3.05pm, 01 Oct 2023
Find out moreCrews issues bonfire safety advice after incident in Jaywick
LocationAlvis Avenue, Jaywick
Attending stationClacton
Incident typeFire
Date12.23pm, 30 Sep 2023
Find out moreAir fryer fire
LocationManor Road, Dovercourt
Attending stationDovercourt, Clacton, Manningtree
Incident typeFire
Date11.01am, 29 Sep 2023
Find out moreVape charger fire
LocationShardelow Avenue, Chelmsford
Attending stationChelmsford, Coggeshall
Incident typeFire
Date9.42am, 29 Sep 2023
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