Crews have issued safety advice after a kitchen fire in Great Baddow.

Firefighters from Great Baddow and Chelmsford were called to a flat in Purbeck Court today at 9.40am after a neighbour saw smoke coming from a window.

The ground floor flat was unoccupied so firefighters forced entry.

Watch Manager Paul Speller said: "The occupant had left a grill pan on the hob which had accidentally been left on and some plastic in the grill pan was producing smoke. 

"Thankfully we were able to quickly clear the smoke so the damage was minimal.

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On-site engineers have isolated the leak and a blanket of foam has been applied to the fuel.

The estimated amount of fuel which has leaked is 3,000 litres.

Firefighters will remain at the scene while the recovery operation continues.

11.55AM

Crews are dealing with a fuel leak at a terminal in West Thurrock.

Firefighters were called to Oliver Road today at 10.18am to reports that approximately 600 litres of fuel had leaked.

Firefighters freed a man from a vehicle this afternoon, after a lorry collided with a car on the M25, Eastbound, between J26 and J27.

Crews were called to a road traffic collision which happened on the M25 at around 12:13pm today.

On arrival, firefighters reported that a lorry had crashed into the rear of a car and an elderly man was trapped.

Crews used specialist equipment to release the man and he was left in the care of the Ambulance Service by 1:37pm.

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Crews are currently at the scene of a fire in an industrial unit in Chelmsford. 

On arrival firefighters reported that the unit, which measures around 30m x 40m, was 70% alight and 100% smoke logged. 

At 5am Incident Commander Russ Freeman said:

"We quickly divided the unit into sections to tackle the fire and now our crews are working hard to bring the fire under control and stop it spreading to adjoining buildings. 

Firefighters freed a woman from a vehicle last night, after a car hit a deer on Halstead Road.

Crews were called to a road traffic collision which happened in Braintree at around 11:48pm.

On arrival, firefighters reported that a woman was trapped after the car had left the road following a collision with a deer. The car was in a ditch, on its side.

Crews used specialist equipment to release the casualty and she was left in the care of the Ambulance Service by 12:33am.

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Crews were called to a house fire in Newport this morning, after a neighbour spotted smoke coming from a bedroom window.

Firefighters were called to Cherry Garden Lane at 10:14am.

On arrival, crews confirmed that there was a fire in the kitchen and the whole property was smoke logged.

Crews worked hard to extinguish the fire by 10:45am.

Nick Singleton, Station Manager, said “Our on-call firefighters acted quickly to bring the fire under control.

Firefighters were called to a flat fire in Parkeston in the early hours of the morning, after a cigarette caused bedding to catch alight.

Crews were called to a flat in Tyler Street, Parkeston, at 3:31am.

On arrival, firefighters confirmed the fire was in the bedroom, in a flat, on the first floor of the building and the remainder of the flat was smoke-logged.

Crews used oxygen to successfully revive a cat, who was unconscious due to smoke inhalation.

Firefighters extinguished the fire by 4:19am, and then worked to clear the property of smoke.

Firefighters have given candle safety advice after a candle fire in Billericay earlier today.

Two crews from Basildon were called to Norsey Road, Billericay where a house was heavily smoke logged after a candle fell and caught furniture alight.

Crews extinguished the fire by 1pm and ventilated the property.

Watch Manager Rob Fossett from Basildon Fire Station said: “With many people using candles at this time of year, we’d advise you to always keep an eye on your candles and never leave them burning unattended.

Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in Basildon last night after a tea towel, which was left on the hob, caught alight.

Crews were called to a block of flats in Spire Road, Basildon, at 9:33pm yesterday when a neighbour heard a smoke alarm going off.

Firefighters used a ladder to gain entry to the property via a window.

On entering the flat, firefighters confirmed there was a fire in the kitchen, caused by a tea towel resting an electric hob. The hob had been left on and nobody was home.

Firefighters rescued a man following a road traffic collision in Benfleet.

Crews were called by police to London Road today at 12.41am after a car was in collision at a roundabout.

Firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to free a man who was trapped. He was left in the care of paramedics at 1.45am.

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Firefighters from Shoeburyness who attended this incident are on-call firefighters who live or work within 5 minutes of Shoeburyness Fire Station.