Tumble dryer starts kitchen fire
Crews were called to a property in Cornwall Gardens, Braintree, last night after a tumble dryer caught alight and started a kitchen fire.
The resident had been woken by her smoke alarm and discovered the fire in her kitchen.
When firefighters arrived they quickly surrounded the fire and extinguished it by 11.50pm.
Watch Manager Gary Shinn said:
"This woman's smoke alarms may have saved her life - thankfully they woke her to the first sign of fire which gave her time to get out of her home.