PHOTOS: Embers from incinerator spread to house
Firefighters are advising residents to ensure embers from bonfires and incinerators are fully cooled before leaving them after a fire in Heybridge in the early hours of this morning.
Crews were called to Basin Road, Heybridge at 2:51am and on arrival reported that a garage was 100% alight and the fire had started to spread to the house attached.
Crews worked to extinguish the fire by 4:28am.
The garage was destroyed and the kitchen in the house was smoke damaged.
Firefighters believe the fire was started by embers from an incinerator.