Crews have urged residents to make sure their hobs are clear after a kitchen fire in Chelmsford today.

We were called to a property in Lodge Avenue, Great Baddow at 2.38pm when the occupant heard a smoke alarm and discovered a fire in the kitchen. 

Firefighters found the kitchen filled with smoke and extinguished the fire on the hob.

Watch Manager Andy Edwards said: "The electric cooker had been turned on accidentally and set fire to an air fryer which had been left on the hob.

Crews responded to a house in Wharf Close, Stanford-le-Hope, this morning after residents noticed smoke coming from their kitchen and called 999.

Upon arrival, firefighters discovered a kitchen fire and smoke throughout the house. They quickly extinguished the fire, which had started from a pan left on the hob, and ventilated the property to clear the smoke.

The family received treatment at the scene for smoke inhalation.

Watch Manager Ben Stapleton said:

Crews have extinguished a fire affecting a derelict building in South Ockenden.

We were called to Daiglen Drive today (6 November) at 1.20am and two crews from Grays initially attended. 

They found a boarded-up two-storey pub, measuring approximately 20 by 30 metres, was about 60% alight.

A further two crews, from Orsett and Corringham, and an aerial ladder platform, from Southend, were requested.

Crews have praised a neighbour who called 999 after hearing a smoke alarm in Basildon today.

We were called to Wells Gardens at 10.43am and crews from Basildon, Rayleigh Weir and Orsett attended.

Watch Manager Marc Kyprianou said: "The neighbour went to investigate after hearing the alarm, saw black smoke coming from the property and called 999.

"Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered and found a pan on the hob, which had inadvertently been left on by the occupant who had left the property.