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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Map pins are a rough guide to the incident location, not the exact position.
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Five caravans alight
Beach Road, St Osyth
20/09/2017 @ 22:07 -
Van fire
Roughtallys, Epping
20/09/2017 @ 19:42 -
House fire
St Helen's Road, Westcliff-on-Sea
20/09/2017 @ 18:21 -
Road traffic collision - one person trapped
Edinburgh Way, Harlow
20/09/2017 @ 13:41 -
Haystack fire
Beach Road, St Osyth
18/09/2017 @ 13:13 -
Road traffic collision - two casualties
Chelmsford Road, Hatfield Heath
18/09/2017 @ 09:55 -
Road traffic collision - one casualty
Braintree Road, Felsted
18/09/2017 @ 09:43 -
Fire in food outlet
Orsett Road, Grays
17/09/2017 @ 00:55 -
House fire - petrol used to ignite log fire
A414 London Road, Chelmsford
16/09/2017 @ 16:40 -
Road traffic collision - two casualties
Warley Road, Great Warley
13/09/2017 @ 06:19
In addition to our incident database, which is updated on a regular basis by our media team, we have a press hotline - 01376 570814. 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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