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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Field fire
Halstead Road, Colchester
03/08/2019 @ 14:20 -
Road traffic collision - three vehicles
A12, Brentwood
01/08/2019 @ 16:45 -
Field fire beside A12 prompts 103 emergency calls
A12, Kelvedon
01/08/2019 @ 14:01 -
Road traffic collision - M11
M11, Harlow
01/08/2019 @ 09:49 -
Fire in derelict building
London Road, Purfleet
31/07/2019 @ 15:46 -
Fire at industrial building
Springwood Drive, Braintree
31/07/2019 @ 08:19 -
Two homes destroyed in fire
Exmoor Close, Chelmsford
31/07/2019 @ 01:24 -
Road traffic collision - vehicle overturned
Tudor Road, Eastwood
30/07/2019 @ 10:26 -
Road traffic collision - four people trapped
M11, Saffron Walden
29/07/2019 @ 14:19 -
PHOTOS: Large fire in industrial building
Towerfield Road, Shoeburyness
29/07/2019 @ 10:57
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