Cigarette causes bedroom fire
Firefighters have given smoking safety advice after a discarded cigarette caused a bedroom fire in Great Chesterford last night.
Crews were called to a bungalow fire in Stanley Road at 10:24 when residents heard their smoke alarms going off.
On arrival, crews reported a bedroom in a bungalow was heavily smoke logged.
Firefighters wearing Breathing Apparatus entered the bungalow to extinguish the fire and ventilate the property.
Crews believe the fire was caused by a discarded cigarette that caught bedding alight.