Crews have issued safety advice after a house fire caused by a fuse box.

We were called to a mid-terrace property in Lippits Hills, Langdon Hills today (Sunday 2 March) at 2.09am and crews from Basildon (two) and Corringham attended and extinguished the fire.

Watch Manager Rob Fossett said: "The fire started in a fuse box and caused extensive damage to the property, leaving the family temporarily homeless.

Crews extinguished a garage fire caused by a tumble dryer in Maldon.

We were called to Johnston Way today (Saturday 1 March) at 4.30pm and crews from Maldon and Wickford attended.

The occupants had been shopping and when they came back they saw smoke coming out of the garage. On further investigation they saw the tumble dryer was on fire.

Watch Manager Nick Trice said: "Crews cut into the garage, extinguished the fire and cleared the smoke.

Firefighters rescued two dogs from a house fire in Chelmsford last night. 

Our Control Room received multiple calls with reports of smoke coming out of a house on Milburn Crescent, Chelmsford at 11.17pm. When crews arrived, the house was full of smoke and there was fire in the utility room. The family had got themselves out of the property but two dogs were still inside. 

Watch Manager Mark Curtis said: "The fire was well developed in the utility room so crews used ventilation equipment as well as searching for the two dogs who were both found and safe.

Update 5pm, 20 February 2025

The fire has been safely brought under control, and crews are now scaling back their response ready to hand the scene over to the site management.

A woman has died following a serious house fire in Elmdon, near Saffron Walden. Two other people were also injured and taken to hospital with burns and smoke inhalation.

Firefighters were called to the scene of a well developed fire affecting a semi-detached house. When firefighters arrived at the address, they reported the whole building was alight. Firefighters were on scene tackling the fire and trying to minimse the damage to the neighbouring property for many hours.

Firefighters were called to reports of a house fire in Basildon after neighbours saw smoke coming from the property and called 999.

When fire crews arrived at the property they found smoke pouring out of the ground floor kitchen window.

Firefighters immediately got to work putting out the fire, while protecting the neighbouring properties. Firefighters managed to extinguish the fire by 8am.