Sunlight causes fire in Ongar
Firefighters were called to a property in Ongar at 9:35am this morning, after sunlight was refracted by a mirror and caused a fire.
On entering the property, firefighters confirmed there was a fire in the lounge and the property was heavily smoke-logged.
Crews worked to extinguish the fire by 10:12am, and cleared the property of smoke.
Watch Manager, Mark Curtis, at Harlow Fire Station, said: “It’s very rare we attend an incident where a fire has been caused by sunlight, but that’s exactly what happened today!