Update 6am - Friday 31 May

Crews have been working throughout the night to extinguish a fire in an industrial unit in Parkway, Harlow. 

The fire is out and we were in a position to scale the incident down throughout the night from midnight. 

Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire in sections and used an Aerial Ladder Platform to tackle the fire from above.

We currently have one crew on scene monitoring hotspots. 

An investigation into the cause of the fire will take place later today. 

Firefighters extinguished a boat fire in Mayland last night. 

Crews were called to The Esplanade, Mayland just before 8pm to reports of a boat on fire. 

Firefighters worked to extinguish the fire by 9:12pm and believe it was caused accidentally when works were being carried out on the boat earlier in the day.

Watch Manager John Maddocks from Tillingham Fire Station said: “Thank you to the callers for their quick thinking to try to contain the fire. Luckily the boat yard has an old fire appliance for washing down the jetties and ramps. 

Firefighters were called to a Road Traffic Collision on the A130 at Benfleet at 6pm yesterday.

On arrival, three crews reported a coach was on its side across the dual carriageway. While nobody was trapped inside, crews worked to make the scene safe by clearing a large fuel spill. Firefighters worked to clean approximately 300 litres of diesel by 6:45pm.

Crews extinguished a fire affecting a stable and helped to rescue six horses.

We were called to Curtis Mill Green, Navestock today (Friday 24 May) at 5.09am and crews from Loughton and Ongar attended.

A stable measuring 5 metres by 15 metres was alight.

Watch Manager Gary Dyer said: "The owners had moved three horses away. Crews started tackling the fire and led six more horses to safety.

"Water supply was an issue, but Ongar's crew pumped water from a pond to help extinguish the fire.

Persistent rain meant it was a busy night for our Control Room, firefighters and officers with more than 70 incidents between yesterday (Tuesday 21 May) at 5pm and today (Wednesday 22 May) at 9am.

Incidents we attended included:

Crews extinguished a fire affecting a swimming pool in Wrabness.

We were initially called to a report of a fire in the open in Primrose Lane today at 12.09am.

A crew from Dovercourt were first on the scene, discovered a building was alight and requested further support due to a poor water supply in the area.

Watch Manager Luke Beardmore said: "Crews found part of the roof and building alight and worked really hard to stop it from spreading.

We were called to reports of a fire in Link Road, Canvey today at 12.24pm.

The first crew, which arrived in 4 ½ minutes, began tackling the fire, on the first floor, and requested further crews due to the severity of the fire.

Crews stopped a fire in a terraced house in Harwich from spreading to the adjoining properties.

We were called to Alexandra Street today (18 May) at 1.46am after a member of the public saw smoke coming from a mid-terrace house.

Crews from Dovercourt, Manningtree and Colchester extinguished the fire by 3.18am and used a fan to clear the smoke.

Station Manager Quentin Sage: "Crews did a brilliant job of stopping the fire spreading to the houses either side. If it wasn't for their swift actions, the fire would have reached the loft and affected two more properties.