Firefighters were called to a field fire in Southend earlier today.

On arrival, crews confirmed that a fire was affecting an area of grassland and trees measuring 200m x 200m.

Firefighters used water and beaters to extinguish the fire by 6:11pm.

Crews believe this fire may have been started deliberately.

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Update 5:30pm

Crews are working with site staff to make the scene safe after a tanker caught fire.

The fire is out and there is no immediate hazard to the wider community. Road closures are now being lifted.

Group Manager Danny Partridge, Incident Commander said: “Thank you to residents for their patience and keeping windows and doors closed in this hot weather and to the site staff for their help during this incident.”

Crews expect to remain on scene for the next area working to make the site safe.

Firefighters were called to a field fire near Roscommon Way in Canvey.

Eight crews worked to extinguish a fire affecting 10 hectares of scrubland.

Firefighters extinguished the fire by 4:24pm.

Crews were called to Roscommon Way on Canvey Island at 1:50pm.

On arrival, Firefighters confirmed 10 hectacres of scrubland was alight.

This is an on-going incident. The fire is surrounded and under control.

There are several road closures in place while we continue to tackle the fire. Please avoid the area if possible,

Firefighters were called to a fire in Southend-On-Sea yesterday morning when a smoke alarm alerted a family to a fire in their home.

On arrival, crews confirmed that there was a fire in the living and dining area, and three people were inside.

Firefighters used a triple extension ladder to assist two adults and a child to safety, then worked quickly to extinguish the fire by 8:54am

Crews were called to a fire affecting a garage in Kingfisher Drive, South Benfleet last night.

On arrival, firefighters confirmed that a barbecue had been propped up against the garage, and the windowsill and guttering were alight.

Crews quickly extinguished the fire by 10:07pm.

Watch Manager at Rayleigh Fire Station, Dan Evison, said: “We’ve seen a number of fires caused by barbecues across the county in the last few weeks and this incident is a prime example of how easily they can happen.

We attended more than 20 field fires yesterday including a large field fire near Langford Road, Wickham Bishops.

Eight crews worked to extinguish a large fire that spread across eight hectares of grass and woodland.

Crews surround the fire and extinguished it by 7:22pm.

In hot and dry weather, people can help prevent fires if they:

Update as at 8am on 14/08/22 - aerial photos added

This incident has been updated with aerial images taken from our drone, which we used at the scene to enable our firefighters to see what has happening from above so they could get ahead of the fire.

Crews were called back to the scene at 9.36am on Saturday 13 August with reports of multiple tree stumps smouldering.

This incident has now been closed.

In total we used 12 hose reel jets, two off road vehicles and a large number of beaters and back pack sprayers to deal with the fire.

Update as at 2.45pm on 14/08/2022

Firefighters have returned to the area this morning to dampen down some hotspots.

In attendance at this incident:

2 x Harlow, 1 x Waltham Abbey, 1 x Epping, 1 x Loughton, 1 x Brentwood, 1 x Witham (Incident Command Unit), 1 x Stansted (Off Road Vehicle), 1 x Newport, 1 x Leaden Roding, 1 x Chelmsford, 1 x Corringham (Water Tanker), 2 x USAR, 1 x Thaxted, 1 x Walthamstow (LFB), 1 x Bishop's Stortford (Herts)

Update at 7.45am on 15/08/2022

Attendance at the scene since Saturday.

1 x Rayleigh Weir, 1 x Canvey, 1 x Leigh, 1 x Basildon, 1 x Hawkwell plus Incident Command Unit, 1 x Clacton, 2 x Chelmsford plus Off Road Vehicle, 2 x Southend, 2 x USAR Lexden, 1 x Tiptree, 1 x Grays, 1 x Wickford, 1 x Wennington (LFB), 1 x Billericay Off Road Vehicle, 1 x Weeley, 1 x Braintree, 1 x Burnham Off Road Vehicle, 1 x Stansted Off Road Vehicle, 1 x Great Baddow, 1 x Orsett, 1 x Rochford

Crews left the area at 00.38 today, all remaining hotspots have been dealt with.

Ten fire crews have been dealing with a field fire in Buckingham Hill Road, Linford, this afternoon.

A 200 metre square area of land was affected with firefighters working hard in difficult terrain to stop the spread of the fire.

Station Manager Dan Kirk said: “It was a challenging area to access but once again our firefighters worked incredibly hard and contained the fire. They did a great job.”

Please continue to help our crews by being wildfire aware during this long spell of hot dry weather.

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