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
Click on the address in an incident to see a map of the approximate location.
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Cooking oil fire
Marlow Avenue, Purfleet
24/10/2019 @ 19:58 -
Road traffic collision - one casualty
Nayland Road, West Bergholt
24/10/2019 @ 14:15 -
Road traffic collision
Moor Hall Road, Harlow
23/10/2019 @ 18:15 -
Road traffic collision on M11 - one man trapped
M11, Harlow
23/10/2019 @ 06:53 -
Family left homeless after kitchen fire
Risdens, Harlow
22/10/2019 @ 13:19 -
Man rescued from building site
Mill Road, Chelmsford
22/10/2019 @ 08:58 -
Smoke alarm helps couple escape house fire
Craven Drive, Colchester
22/10/2019 @ 07:07 -
Man left homeless after flat destroyed by fire
King Edward Way, Witham
20/10/2019 @ 23:40 -
Toaster causes kitchen fire
Vicarage Lane, North Weald Bassett
20/10/2019 @ 11:03 -
Road traffic collision - car on roof
A12, Boreham
20/10/2019 @ 08:17
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