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.
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Garage fire spreads to house
LocationPoynters Lane, Great Wakering
Attending stationSouthend
Incident typeDate9.02pm, 24 Jul 2022
Find out morePHOTO: Firefighters rescue trapped kittens
LocationAldhams Avenue, Witham
Attending stationIncident typeDate8.30pm, 24 Jul 2022
Find out morePHOTOS: Multiple calls to Sible Hedingham field fire
LocationGraves Hall Road, Sible Hedingham
Attending stationBraintree
Incident typeDate5.14pm, 24 Jul 2022
Find out moreLarge field fire near Dunmow
LocationLindsell Lane, Dunmow
Attending stationSaffron Walden
Incident typeDate3.59pm, 24 Jul 2022
Find out morePHOTOS: Several hectares of standing crops alight
LocationMeeting Lane, East Mersea
Attending stationBrightlingsea
Incident typeDate3.16pm, 24 Jul 2022
Find out morePHOTOS: Fire behind Fryatt Hospital, Harwich
LocationGrange Road, Harwich
Attending stationDovercourt
Incident typeDate11.30pm, 23 Jul 2022
Find out morePHOTOS: Large stack fire
LocationMarks Hall Lane, White Roding
Attending stationWickford
Incident typeDate7.05pm, 23 Jul 2022
Find out morePHOTOS: Firefighters tackle field fire measuring 40,000 square metres
LocationChurch Road, Ongar
Attending stationEpping
Incident typeDate1.17pm, 23 Jul 2022
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