Fire pit embers cause house to catch alight
Crews have issued safety advice after embers from a fire pit set a house alight.
We were called to Hilltop, Loughton today at 6.46am and crews from Loughton and Waltham Abbey attended.
A man in his forties suffered smoke inhalation and burns after tackling the fire.
Watch Manager Glenn Jackson said: "The cause was found to be smouldering embers, which had been used in a fire pit in the garden the night before.
"The fire pit had been left next to garden furniture and set it alight. The fire then spread to a fence, wood pile and part of the house.