Update from Station Manager Dave Bond at 8am

Crews from our specialist marine rescue team worked with the ship’s crew and Tilbury Docks staff to resolve this incident as well as many other multi agency partners including the East of England Ambulance Service, HART (Hazardous Area Response Teams) and the Environment Agency.

Crews were called to a building on Clay Hill Lane, Basildon at 3:30pm after a smoke alarm sounded, alerting occupants to fire in an electrical unit.

On arrival, Firefighters confirmed that the fire was in an electrical consumer unit at the back of a building, measuring approximately 40m x 15m. They used dry powder to extinguish the fire by 4:42pm. As a result of their hard work, the fire was successfully contained to the electrical unit, and the building remains functional.

The cause of the fire was accidental and, thankfully, no one was harmed.

Firefighters removed an aerial from the roof of a house in Brook Street, Brentwood, this afternoon following concerns from members of the public that it was unsafe following storm damage.

We were called at 3.10pm and crews used an aerial ladder platform to access the roof. Traffic management was in place whilst the crews worked.

Thank you to local residents for their patience during the incident.

Firefighters were called to a former shop in Little Walk, Harlow, at 9.30pm last night.

A member of the public spotted the smoke billowing from the building and called 999.

When crews arrived at the shopping centre, there was a large amount of smoke coming from the premises which was boarded up. They had to break up the boarding to enter the shop and the adjoining premises to stop the fire spreading.

Firefighters have issued safety advice following a fire in a conservatory of a property in Manor Road, Thundersley, last night.

Crews from Rayleigh Weir and Basildon attended and extinguished the fire, which damaged the conservatory, by 00.20am. They used thermal imaging equipment during the incident.

No one was injured.

The cause of the fire was accidental but Crew Manager Rob Maclean wants to remind people of our home fire safety messages. 

Firefighters rescued a dog in Southend earlier today when he ventured into a hole and couldn’t find his way out.

The dog, a Jack Russell cross, was out for a walk with his family, when he discovered a hole and found himself stuck underneath the pavilion at around 9:30am.

When the crew from Southend arrived, they were able to hear the dog but couldn’t see him. Fortunately, firefighters were able to rescue him quickly using tools to dismantle part of the pavilion. He was safely back with his owner by 10:07am.

Firefighters were called to a flat in Southend this afternoon after a fire spread into a flat in Lundy Close.

Crews were called to Lundy Close, Southend, at 1:05pm after neighbours heard alarms sounding in an adjacent flat. They then worked quickly to alert the occupant and get him to safety and evacuated nearby properties while our crews made their way to the incident.

Firefighters rescued a man from this lorry after the vehicle was trapped in a flood of rising water on Wallasea Island today.

Crews, including our water rescue team from Orsett, were called to Creeksea Ferry Road and managed to get the driver to safety.

Some of the firefighters who attended this incident were on call firefighters from Rochford. Check out the station’s Facebook page to see what else they have been up to today.

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Firefighters helped to rescue a large horse today after he fell in a ditch and couldn’t get out.

Crews were called to Stonewall Road in Roxwell just after 11am to help rescue a horse - weighing approximately 850 kilograms - from a ditch.

Specially trained animal rescue firefighters from Chelmsford Fire Station worked with firefighters from Leaden Roding Fire Station to make a plan to rescue the horse while waiting for a vet to assess him.

Firefighters are advising residents to avoid having bonfires during windy weather after embers from a bonfire caught a shed and fence panels alight today.

Crews from Shoeburyness and Southend fire stations were called to Wakering Road at 12:40pm to a well developed fire that had spread to a shed, fence panels and number of plastic containers.

Firefighters requested a second crew from Southend Fire Station to help extinguish the spreading fire.

The area was heavily smoke logged and crews worked to extinguish the fire by 1:20pm.