Field fires, Braintree and Chelmsford, Ongar
Crews were called to a field fire in Romford Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar at 8.06pm last night (Thursday).
20 metres by 20 metres of cut hay were alight. Firefighters extinguished the blaze using hose reel jets by 10.17pm.
It was attended by crews from Loughton, Epping and Harlow. The cause of the fire was accidental.
On-call firefighters from Braintree and Halstead quickly stopped a field fire in Convent Lane, Braintree, this afternoon.