Incidents

This page highlights a selection of significant incidents attended by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Click on any headline to read the full story.

For older incident reports, visit our archive on the Transparency site.

 
Incident statistics - June 2025
 
3,353
Total calls to Control
 
1,584
Incidents attended
 
117
Road traffic collisions
 
30
Animal rescues
Closed
Firefighters rescue two dogs from locked car
Location

Ingrave Road, Brentwood

Attending station

Brentwood

Incident type

Date

11.40am, 18 Jul 2021

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Closed
Road traffic collision - two heavy goods vehicles
Location

M25, Thurrock

Attending station

Grays

Incident type

Date

2.18pm, 17 Jul 2021

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Closed
Fatal road traffic collision
Location

M11, Newport

Attending station

Harlow

Incident type

Date

10.17am, 17 Jul 2021

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Closed
Firefighters rescue a man from garage following road traffic collision
Location

Strutt Close, Hatfield Peveral

Attending station

Chelmsford

Incident type

Date

3.14pm, 16 Jul 2021

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Closed
Flat fire in high rise building
Location

Sir Francis Way, Brentwood

Attending station

Brentwood

Incident type

Date

9.40am, 16 Jul 2021

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Closed
HGV fire on M11
Location

M11 southbound (between Junctions 10 and 8)

Attending station

Newport

Incident type

Date

4.57pm, 14 Jul 2021

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Closed
Road traffic collision: three casualties
Location

London Road, Wickford

Attending station

Wickford

Incident type

Date

2.27pm, 14 Jul 2021

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Closed
Road traffic collision: man rescued
Location

Cranes Lane, Basildon

Attending station

Basildon

Incident type

Date

7.51am, 14 Jul 2021

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