Neighbour calls 999 after hearing smoke alarm
Crews have issued safety advice after a smoke alarm alerted a neighbour to a kitchen fire.
We were called to a ground floor flat in Rampart Terrace in Shoeburyness today at 1.22am.
A neighbour had heard a smoke alarm sounding and when she looked through the letterbox she saw smoke in the property.
Two crews from Southend attended.
Temporary Watch Manager Richard Burch said: "We could see smoke in the property so we forced open the door.