Firefighters removed sections of a roof after it was damaged during high winds.

We were called to Ladyshot, Harlow, today at 12.38pm after a large section of a roof on a three-storey building was dislodged, leaving it a precarious position.

A crew from Harlow and the Aerial Ladder Platform from Grays attended and, using a saw, worked on the roof until 4.34pm.

Station Manager Dave Bond said: "Crews worked incredibly hard to remove sections of the roof and bring them safely to the ground."

Firefighters are giving advice to smokers to make sure cigarettes are properly discarded after a lit cigarette caused a fire in Thorpe Bay.

Two sheds, six fence panels and a tree were damaged during the fire.

Firefighters were called to Butterys, Thorpe Bay at 11:47am and on arrival reported that a fire had spread from one shed to six fence panels and a tree.

The fire was beginning to spread to a neighbour’s shed and crews worked quickly to prevent it spreading further.

Crews were called to a fire in Archer Avenue, Southend this afternoon, when a pan was left unattended and caught alight.

Firefighters were called to a fire in property in Southend at 2:17pm, when a neighbour heard a smoke alarm and noticed smoke coming from the window next door.

On arrival, crews confirmed that there was a fire in the kitchen, which had been caused by a pan which was left on the hob unattended.

Firefighters from Southend worked quickly to extinguish the fire by 2:29pm.

Firefighters attended a road traffic collision on the northbound A12.

Crews from Witham, Great Baddow and Chelmsford were called to Junction 19, between Boreham and Hatfield Peverel, today at 4.19pm.

The collision involves six vehicles and one person was trapped.

Police closed the carriageway while emergency services respond to the incident.

Crews, working with paramedics, administered first aid. The casualty was able to get out of the vehicle and was left in the care of the Ambulance Service at 5.52pm.

Crews extinguished a fire in a maisonette in Basildon this evening.

Firefighters from Basildon, Rayleigh Weir, Corringham and Wickford were called to Rochester Way at 10.01pm.

The ground floor maisonette was completely alight and a large amount of smoke was being produced.

It was initially reported that a person was inside so crews entered the property.

Firefighters are advising residents to make sure any hot embers have completely cooled before putting them in the bin after a fire in Writtle earlier today.

Crews were called to Bruce Road in Writtle after hot embers in a bin had caused a fire that had spread to fence panels. The fire was beginning to affect a property.

Firefighters worked quickly to contain the fire to prevent it affecting the property. Crews extinguished the fire by 11:27am.

Firefighters were called to an oven fire in East Tilbury this afternoon.

On arrival, crews reported that a kitchen was heavily smoked logged and the oven was on fire.

Crews extinguished the fire by 2:06pm and believe it was caused by hot oil in the oven.

Firefighters fitted two smoke alarms while at the property.

Watch Manager Kev Smith from Orsett Fire Station said: “Please take care when cooking with oil. It can can set alight easily and when it starts to smoke, it’s too hot and you need to take it off the heat.

Firefighters are highlighting the importance of having working smoke alarms after a family was alerted to a roof fire when they heard their smoke alarms going off in Bulphan.

Crews were called to a fire in a detached house in Bulphan at 7:30pm.

The property was heavily smoke logged with a fire in the roof. Crews requested further assistance from two crews at Basildon and Brentwood as well as an Aerial Ladder Platform from Grays Fire Station.

Crews extinguished the fire by 9:42pm. An investigation will be carried out to determine the cause of the fire.

Firefighters have praised a family who acted quickly to get out of the house and call the fire service out when their oven caught fire in Leigh this evening.

Crews were called to Lymington Avenue, Leigh at 6:40pm after the residents reported their oven had caught alight.

The family had acted quickly to get out of the house, stay out and call the fire service out.

On arrival, crews reported that the kitchen was heavily smoke logged and extinguished the fire by 7:13pm.

Firefighters were called to a fire in a house in West Mersea at 10am, when a family member noticed signs of a fire from outside the property.

On arrival, crews confirmed that the fire was in the bedroom and the property was heavily smoke-logged. They worked quickly to extinguish it by 10:33am. As a result of their hard work, the fire was successfully contained to the bedroom, however the house is unfortunately uninhabitable as a result of the fire.

Thankfully, no one sustained any serious injuries.