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Firefighters are praising neighbours who alerted us to a kitchen fire when they heard smoke alarms going off in Newport this afternoon.

Crews from Newport and Saffron Walden were called to a Frambury Lane in Newport just after midday.

On arrival, crews reported a pan left on the hob had caught fire and extinguished it by 12:28pm.

Crew Manager Ollie Ford from Newport Fire Station said: “We’d like to praise the neighbours for calling us to this incident and we’d encourage residents to call us when you hear someone’s smoke alarms going off.

Update 10pm

After working with a local resident using a digger to remove pallets from inside the building, crews extinguished the fire by 9:30pm.

Update 8:45pm

Firefighters are currently at the scene of an outbuilding fire in Theydon Garnon. 

We were called at 7:08pm after reports that a fire could be seen from the M11 and the M25.

Crews have issued safety advice after extinguishing a skip fire in Ongar.

Our Control teams were initially called to a fire in the open in Millbank Avenue yesterday (Sunday) at 9.08pm.

However, they were called again shortly afterwards to say the fire was affecting a house. 

Crew Manager Tom Side said: "The resident was doing some gardening, burning his cuttings and then emptying them into a skip.

"Unfortunately, some of the embers weren't completely extinguished when he put them into the skip and the contents caught fire.

Four crews were called to a garage fire in Runwell earlier today.

On arrival, crews reported that a fire in a garage was spreading to the roof and loft of a house.

Crews wearing Breathing Apparatus entered the loft to prevent the fire from spreading to the rest of the house.

Firefighters worked to extinguish the garage fire by 5:35pm.

The garage and the loft of the house were completely destroyed.

An investigation will be carried out to establish the cause of the fire.

Crews were called to a fire in a flat on Sutton Road, Southend last night, when cooking was left unattended and caught alight.

Firefighters were called to a fire in property in Southend at 8:50pm, when a neighbour heard a smoke alarm.

On arrival, crews confirmed that there was a fire in the kitchen, which had been caused by a tray covered in oil which was left on the hob unattended, and the property was heavily smoke-logged.

Firefighters used dry powder to extinguish the fire by 9:09pm.

Firefighters were called to a road traffic collision which happened on St Annes Road in Mountnessing in the early hours of this morning.

On arrival, crews reported that two vehicles were involved in a collision, and three people were trapped.

Firefighters worked quickly to make the area safe, and used specialist equipment to release all three people from their vehicles by 2:05am. A female was left in the care of the Ambulance Service with a suspected broken arm.

Firefighters were called to a fire in Westcliff-On-Sea at 2:38am, when smoke alarms sounded, alerting everyone in a hostel to a fire in the kitchen.

On arrival, crews confirmed that there was a fire in a kitchen area, which was caused by a saucepan that had been left on the hob unattended. The area was heavily smoke-logged and the sprinkler system had activated.

Firefighters from Southend worked to extinguish the fire and ventilate the building by 3:30am. Crews also assisted to clean up water damage caused by the sprinkler system before leaving the scene.

Firefighters were called to a property in Harlow this afternoon, when a pan caught fire and spread quickly through the house.

Crews were called to Canons Brook in Harlow at 1:44pm after an occupant was unsuccessful in extinguishing a fire in his kitchen.

On arrival, firefighters confirmed a fire, which started in the kitchen, had spread through the both floors of the property. They also confirmed the house was heavily smoke-logged.

Update 2 June 2022

A fire investigation has been carried out following the fire in Colchester yesterday morning. Essex Police have released the following statement:

A man has been arrested in connection with an investigation into a fire in Colchester.

We were called to the incident, in St John Street, shortly before 5.30am on Wednesday 1 June by colleagues in Essex County Fire and Rescue.

We closed the road whilst the fire service dealt with the incident.