A woman was woken up by her smoke alarms after her tumble dryer caught fire.

Firefighters were called to a semi-detached house in Manor Road, Benfleet today at 6.48am.

A tumble dryer in the kitchen had caught fire and filled the house with smoke.

Crew Manager Sam Panzetta said: "Fortunately, the property had two working smoke alarms, one on each floor, which woke up the occupant.

"After realising what was happening, she did the right thing: she got out, stayed out and called 999.

Crews extinguished a bedroom fire after a neighbour heard a smoke alarm and called 999. 

Firefighters were called to reports of a fire in a semi-detached house in Wakefield Close, Colchester yesterday (Tuesday 28 September) at 8.58pm.

Two crews from Colchester attended and extinguished a fire in a first floor bedroom by 9.25pm. They also brought a cage containing two rats to safety, but two other rats died.

Watch Manager Luke Beardmore said: "Crews did a brilliant job; they worked really quickly to put out the fire and limit the damage.

Firefighters rescued two people following a road traffic collision involving two cars in Danbury. 

Crews from Great Baddow and Chelmsford attended Riffhams Lane today at 3.36pm.

They reported that a man and a woman were trapped, one in each car, and used cutting equipment to release them by 4.24pm. 

The casualties were left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

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Crews were called to a flat above a shop after reports of a fire. 

On arrival firefighters reported that there was a fire in the kitchen and worked well to contain it to the single room, avoiding it spreading to other parts of the flat or the shop below. 

Firefighters extinguished the fire by 8.58am and then stayed on to ensure the site was safe. 

The flat has suffered significant smoke damage throughout and the kitchen has been destroyed by the fire. 

Firefighters rescued a man who sustained injuries after falling onto scaffolding.

Crews from Grays, Rayleigh Weir and our Urban Search and Rescue team were called to Buxton Avenue, Leigh today at 1.32pm.

A man had fallen from a pitched roof onto some scaffolding and had suffered suspected back injuries.

Crews used an Aerial Ladder Platform and worked with the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team to rescue the casualty by 2.31pm. They left him in the care of medics.

Working smoke alarms alerted a man to a fire in his kitchen during the early hours of this morning.

Firefighters were called to a flat fire in Rawreth Lane, Rayleigh at 2:19am.

On arrival, crews reported that the kitchen was heavily smoke logged after a pan had caught fire on the hob.

Crews extinguished the fire by 2:58am. The kitchen suffered some smoke damage.

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Firefighters are highlighting the importance of having working smoke alarms after attending a kitchen fire earlier today.

Two crews from Harlow Fire Station were called to a kitchen fire in a terraced house in Harlow at 3:10pm.

On arrival, crews reported that there was a fire in the kitchen and worked to extinguish the fire by 3:34pm.

The fire had started in the oven.

Crew Manager Dave Lewis from Harlow Fire Station said: “After we extinguished the fire, we fitted two smoke alarms as the property had none.

Firefighters from Clacton Fire Station rescued two dogs from a bungalow fire after a hob caught fire while the residents were out.

Crews were called to Thorpe Road in Clacton just before 10pm when the neighbours heard the smoke alarms going off and called the Fire Service.

Another neighbour also called in when they spotted flames coming from the rear of the bungalow.

On arrival, crews reported that the kitchen was heavily smoke logged and the hob had caused a fire after being accidentally switched on.

Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire in Parkeston last night after an electrical fault in a fridge caused a fire.

Crews were called to Tyler Street in Parkeston at 8:16pm when neighbours heard smoke alarms going off.

On arrival, crews reported that the flat was 100% smoke logged and worked to ensure that nobody was inside the property.

Firefighters extinguished the fire by 8:58pm. The fire was caused by an electrical fault within the fridge.

Firefighters have given safety advice after a candle caused a house fire in Loughton earlier this evening.

Firefighters from Loughton and Waltham Abbey Fire were called to a house fire in Alderton Way, Loughton after the resident heard the fire burning on the landing upstairs.

On arrival, crews reported that first floor in the house was heavily smoke logged after a candle burning on a table had caused a fire.

Crews extinguished the fire by 9:35pm.

The property had no working smoke alarms and firefighters fitted two smoke alarms after extinguishing the fire.