Firefighters are highlighting the importance of having working smoke alarms after we were called to a house fire in Harlow when neighbours heard smoke alarms going off.

On arrival, crews reported that there was a fire downstairs in a house in Kingsland, Harlow.

Crews extinguished the fire by 11:06am. Crews determined that the fire was caused accidentally.

A family of three have been rendered homeless due to the damage to the property.

Please take care when using garden incinerators, that’s the advice from our firefighters following an incident at a property in Dovercourt yesterday evening.

A chicken coup and shed were destroyed after a dustbin incinerator was being used too close to a garden storage unit. The heat from it caused the timber and plastic to ignite and the fire spread. Fortunately the six chickens were rescued by the owner and neighbours.

Update from Station Manager Dave Bond at 8am

Crews from our specialist marine rescue team worked with the ship’s crew and Tilbury Docks staff to resolve this incident as well as many other multi agency partners including the East of England Ambulance Service, HART (Hazardous Area Response Teams) and the Environment Agency.

Crews were called to a building on Clay Hill Lane, Basildon at 3:30pm after a smoke alarm sounded, alerting occupants to fire in an electrical unit.

On arrival, Firefighters confirmed that the fire was in an electrical consumer unit at the back of a building, measuring approximately 40m x 15m. They used dry powder to extinguish the fire by 4:42pm. As a result of their hard work, the fire was successfully contained to the electrical unit, and the building remains functional.

The cause of the fire was accidental and, thankfully, no one was harmed.

Firefighters removed an aerial from the roof of a house in Brook Street, Brentwood, this afternoon following concerns from members of the public that it was unsafe following storm damage.

We were called at 3.10pm and crews used an aerial ladder platform to access the roof. Traffic management was in place whilst the crews worked.

Thank you to local residents for their patience during the incident.

Firefighters were called to a former shop in Little Walk, Harlow, at 9.30pm last night.

A member of the public spotted the smoke billowing from the building and called 999.

When crews arrived at the shopping centre, there was a large amount of smoke coming from the premises which was boarded up. They had to break up the boarding to enter the shop and the adjoining premises to stop the fire spreading.

Firefighters have issued safety advice following a fire in a conservatory of a property in Manor Road, Thundersley, last night.

Crews from Rayleigh Weir and Basildon attended and extinguished the fire, which damaged the conservatory, by 00.20am. They used thermal imaging equipment during the incident.

No one was injured.

The cause of the fire was accidental but Crew Manager Rob Maclean wants to remind people of our home fire safety messages. 

Firefighters rescued a dog in Southend earlier today when he ventured into a hole and couldn’t find his way out.

The dog, a Jack Russell cross, was out for a walk with his family, when he discovered a hole and found himself stuck underneath the pavilion at around 9:30am.

When the crew from Southend arrived, they were able to hear the dog but couldn’t see him. Fortunately, firefighters were able to rescue him quickly using tools to dismantle part of the pavilion. He was safely back with his owner by 10:07am.

Firefighters were called to a flat in Southend this afternoon after a fire spread into a flat in Lundy Close.

Crews were called to Lundy Close, Southend, at 1:05pm after neighbours heard alarms sounding in an adjacent flat. They then worked quickly to alert the occupant and get him to safety and evacuated nearby properties while our crews made their way to the incident.

Firefighters rescued a man from this lorry after the vehicle was trapped in a flood of rising water on Wallasea Island today.

Crews, including our water rescue team from Orsett, were called to Creeksea Ferry Road and managed to get the driver to safety.

Some of the firefighters who attended this incident were on call firefighters from Rochford. Check out the station’s Facebook page to see what else they have been up to today.

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