The incidents shown on this page are a selection of the most notable incidents Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has attended. Click on the headline of each incident to see the full details.
Please note this is not an exhaustive list.
An archive of historic incident details are available on our Transparency site.
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- Historic
Map pins are a rough guide to the incident location, not the exact position.
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Fire in pub kitchen deep fat fryer
High Street, Roydon
14/12/2018 @ 13:26 -
Farm house fire in Epping
Epping Road, Epping
13/12/2018 @ 18:07 -
Machine alight in warehouse
Rochehall Way, Rochford
13/12/2018 @ 11:20 -
Flat fire
Romeland, Waltham Abbey
13/12/2018 @ 10:57 -
Road traffic collision - two vehicles
Holland Road, Clacton-on-Sea
13/12/2018 @ 09:29 -
Two people rescued from house fire - no working smoke alarms
Sailsbury Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea
13/12/2018 @ 00:50 -
House fire - safety advice issued
Leigh Hall Road, Leigh-on-Sea
12/12/2018 @ 22:42 -
Barn fire
The Marshes, Southminster
12/12/2018 @ 15:39 -
Car strikes house
Araglen Avenue, South Ockendon
11/12/2018 @ 15:16 -
Road traffic collision on M25
M25, Dartford
10/12/2018 @ 08:05
In addition to our incident database, which is updated on a regular basis by our media team, we have a press hotline - 01376 570814 or email press@essex-fire.gov.uk. If you are not the press, use 01376 576000 for other enquiries.
We ask that routine press check calls are not made between 9pm and 8am, because all items of interest will be posted here as they happen. Please note this is NOT a service for the public and press from outside our local area are asked politely to adhere to these guidelines.
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