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
Discarded incense stick causes rubbish fire
Location

Fairway Drive, Broomfield

Attending station

Chelmsford

Incident type

Fire

Date

12.58pm, 16 Sep 2022

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Closed
Candle causes garden fire
Location

Rochford Avenue, Waltham Abbey

Attending station

Loughton

Incident type

Fire

Date

12.02pm, 15 Sep 2022

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Closed
Bonfire spreads out of control
Location

Coppins Road, Clacton-On-Sea

Attending station

Clacton, Weeley

Incident type

Fire

Date

12.03pm, 12 Sep 2022

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Closed
Kitchen fire
Location

Caspian Way, Thurrock

Attending station

Grays

Incident type

Fire

Date

9.45am, 12 Sep 2022

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Closed
Fire in an industrial building
Location

Croft Way, Witham

Attending station

Colchester, Witham, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Hawkwell, Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Technical Rescue, Maldon, Leaden Roding, Halstead, Rayleigh Weir, Brentwood, Braintree, Coggeshall, Orsett, Saffron Walden, Brightlingsea

Incident type

Fire

Date

11.01am, 05 Sep 2022

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Closed
Garden fire damages fence and decking
Location

Chadwell Road, Grays

Attending station

Grays

Incident type

Fire

Date

3.31pm, 04 Sep 2022

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Closed
Firefighters remove fallen tree to make road safe
Location

Bromley Road, Colchester

Attending station

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Technical Rescue

Incident type

Other

Date

5.51pm, 03 Sep 2022

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Closed
Fire in woodland
Location

Maypole Road, Heybridge

Attending station

Maldon, Chelmsford, Witham, Halstead

Incident type

Fire

Date

7.59pm, 02 Sep 2022

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