Industrial unit fire

Firefighters are currently at the scene of an industrial unit fire in Vange Park Road, Basildon. 

Four crews from Basildon, Brentwood and Canvey were called at 2:20pm.

On arrival, crews reported a fire in an industrial unit had spread to lorries and a number of skips. 

Firefighters requested additional crews from Grays, Rayleigh and Southend to help extinguish the fire in sections.

Crews have extinguished the fire in the building and extinguished four lorry fires. 

Firefighters are currently working with on-site staff to remove 10 skips using plant machinery and extinguish the fires within the skips. 

Group Manager Mark Eaglestone said: “We expect to be on scene for a while extinguishing the fires within the skips which will be producing lots of smoke. Please continue to keep your windows and doors closed if you live nearby.”

Update 8:30pm 

Firefighters have left the scene of an industrial unit fire. 

Crews worked throughout the afternoon with local businesses to move a number of skips using plant machinery and extinguish the fires within them. 

An industrial unit, four lorries and ten skips have been damaged in the fire. 

Station Manager Jason Gould said: “Crews worked hard to prevent the fire spreading toward residential properties battling against the wind today. Two businesses have been affected and we’d like to thank staff at both businesses for helping us throughout this incident.”