Firefighters helped to rescue a large horse today after he fell in a ditch and couldn’t get out.

Crews were called to Stonewall Road in Roxwell just after 11am to help rescue a horse - weighing approximately 850 kilograms - from a ditch.

Specially trained animal rescue firefighters from Chelmsford Fire Station worked with firefighters from Leaden Roding Fire Station to make a plan to rescue the horse while waiting for a vet to assess him.

Firefighters are advising residents to avoid having bonfires during windy weather after embers from a bonfire caught a shed and fence panels alight today.

Crews from Shoeburyness and Southend fire stations were called to Wakering Road at 12:40pm to a well developed fire that had spread to a shed, fence panels and number of plastic containers.

Firefighters requested a second crew from Southend Fire Station to help extinguish the spreading fire.

The area was heavily smoke logged and crews worked to extinguish the fire by 1:20pm.

Firefighters rescued a man who was trapped in an overturned digger.

Crews from Harlow and Loughton were called to Roydon Road, Harlow on Monday (21 February) at 3.21pm.

A digger had fallen down an embankment, overturned and left the driver trapped inside.

Firefighters used ladders and ropes to reach and stabilise the casualty, a man in his fifties, and worked with paramedics to rescue him by 4.16pm. He was conscious and breathing and was left in the care of medics.

Crews extinguished a garage fire and stopped it spreading to an adjacent thatched cottage.

Firefighters from Chelmsford were called to reports of a fire in Larks Lane, Great Waltham yesterday at 8.09pm.

Neighbours had spotted the smoke and raised the alarm and crews found a timber-framed garage alight.

Watch Manager Mark Curtis said: "Bearing in mind it was only a couple of metres from a thatched roof, crews did a fantastic job in quickly containing and extinguishing the fire.

Firefighters were called to a flat fire in Milford Road in Grays last night.

On arrival, crews reported that a flat on the first floor was heavily smoke logged with smoke alarms going off.

Crews entered the property and extinguished the fire which they believe was caused by an electrical fault while a battery was charging.

A man was left in the care of the Ambulance Service after suffering with smoke inhalation.

The flat was heavily smoke damaged.

Firefighters freed a man this morning, when his car left the road and got stuck on an embankment.

Crews were called to a road traffic collision which happened at around 10:00am today.

On arrival, firefighters reported that car had left the roadway and a man was trapped in his vehicle, but fortunately had no injuries.

Crews used specialist equipment to release the man by 10:18am.

Firefighters rescued a woman and her daughter after their car got trapped in mud.

On-call firefighters from Hawkwell were called to Murrels Lane, Hullbridge today (Tuesday 1 March) at 12.20pm.

A woman had driven down a narrow track and got stuck in mud which was so deep that she could not open her door. 

It took crews almost 30 minutes to find her because she was not able to accurately describe her location.

On-call Firefighters saved a man's life after they were alerted to a medical emergency.

Gary Walker, Neil Mack and Lee Broady were at Saffron Walden Fire Station ahead of taking part in a vigil for Ukraine in the town's Jubilee Gardens.

While they were getting ready, a member of the public knocked on the door to ask for their help, today (Thursday 3 March) at 6.06pm.

Crew Manager Gary Walker said: "We were about to leave to attend the vigil when a young woman came running in and said a man had collapsed and was unconscious in a nearby pub.

Around five tonnes of hay bales were destroyed following a fire at an agricultural building in Boxted yesterday. Firefighters were called to the premises at 4.50pm on Saturday, 5 February and found a 12 x 8 metre building on fire as well as the manure heap next door to it. The building contained five tonnes of hay. Two adults were treated by the Ambulance Service for smoke inhalation.

Firefighters used special breathing equipment to fight the fire. 

Firefighters rescued a woman after a road traffic collision in Hatfield Broad Oak.

Crews from Leaden Roding and Harlow were called by Essex Police to Hammonds Road today at 10.21am.

A car was upside down in a ditch and a woman, who was conscious and breathing, was trapped.

Crews used specialist cutting equipment to rescue her by 11.28am and left her in the care of medics.

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