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.
- 24 hours 
- Recent 
- Historic
Click on the address in an incident to see a map of the approximate location.
-
Garden fire spread to garages - PHOTOS
Notley Road, Braintree
01/04/2019 @ 16:59 -
Ruptured gas main
Paycocke Road, Basildon
01/04/2019 @ 14:41 -
Restaurant fire
Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff
31/03/2019 @ 20:55 -
100 bales of hay alight
Goatswood Lane, Brentwood
31/03/2019 @ 15:21 -
Garage fire - firefighters praised for saving house
Church Lane, Loughton
30/03/2019 @ 10:57 -
Decking on fire - smoke alarm alerts occupants
Collingwood Way, Southend
29/03/2019 @ 12:17 -
Fatal road traffic collision
Parklands, Waltham Abbey
28/03/2019 @ 21:58 -
Flat fire
Dickens Close, Southend
27/03/2019 @ 03:00 -
Road traffic collision - M25
M25, Brentwood
26/03/2019 @ 14:46 -
Road traffic collision
Keelars Lane, Wivenhoe
26/03/2019 @ 12:51
Press hotline - 01376 570814
Email press@essex-fire.gov.uk
If you are not the press, use 01376 576000 for other enquiries. For emergencies call 999.
We ask that routine press check calls are not made between 8pm and 9am, 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.
Photographs & Video
Photographs and video from incidents may be downloaded for publication. These may be used free of charge by all accredited newspapers and media agencies providing they carry a credit to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Breaches of this arrangement will result in an invoice of £74 per image and £294 per video.
Data Sharing Fair Processing Notice
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is committed to protecting your personal data and privacy. Any personal information you provide us with will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Read the data sharing fair processing notice.