Firefighters rescued a man following a road traffic collision in South Woodham Ferrers.

A total of four crews were called to Hullbridge Road today at 2pm because the incident involved a bus.

The bus had been in collision with a car parked next to a shop and pushed it partially into the building, trapping the car driver. 

Firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to free the man who was left in the care of the Ambulance Service at 2.29pm.

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Station Manager Steve Wintrip from Ongar Fire Station rescued a kitten that was trapped under floorboards in Ongar earlier today.

The curious cat had been exploring when she became trapped under the floorboards.

Steve rescued the kitten by 12:27pm and she was left in the care of her owner.

The kitten had yet to be named and her owner asked Steve is he wanted to name her. He called her Millie and left her happily eating her food.

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Firefighters rescued a woman from her car following a road traffic collision in Marks Tey today.

On arrival, crews reported that a car had left the roadway and collided with a tree and a woman was trapped inside the car.

Firefighters rescued the woman by 3:38pm and she was left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

Firefighters assisted at the scene of a road traffic collision involving one vehicle which left one person trapped in the vehicle.

Fire crews worked with paramedics to help release the casualty.

The casualty was released by 00:30am and left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

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Firefighters have issued a chip pan safety warning after a fire in Westcliff last night (Saturday 14 August).

Fire crews were called to a fire in a kitchen cause by an unattended chip pan which had overheated and set light.

Crew Manager Adam Patterson said:

"The occupant got distracted after putting the chip pan on and it caught fire. The occpuant was only alerted to the fire due to the electrics tripping which turned the television off.

Firefighters were called to reports of a field fire in Bowers Gifford this lunchtime (Monday 16 August).

The field measured approximately 100m x 150m.

Fire crews managed to extinguish the fire by 12:50pm. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Firefighters were called to a fire involving a large pile of baled straw this evening (Monday 16 August).

When fire crews arrived they reported that the stack of straw, which measured approximately 400 tonnes, was alight and had collapsed into the road (B1051). 100m of hedgerow was also alight.

Firefighters quickly tackled the hedgerow fire, and then monitoring the straw fire to ensure it didnt spread.

The straw fire will be monitored throughout the night into tomorrow and allowed to burn down.

Firefighters were called to a container fire in Harlow earlier today.

On arrival, crews reported that two containers were 100% alight.

Due to the limited water supply, the two crews who attended initially from Harlow and Waltham Abbey requested two more crews from Loughton and Epping on arrival.

Crews worked to extinguish the fire in sections by 7pm.

An investigation into the cause of the fire will take place.

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Firefighters used what3words to find a pony that was in difficulty in the water in Ulting earlier today.

A member of the public had been walking nearby when they came across the pony and its owner struggling to get the pony out of the water.

The caller had used what3words to direct our control room to the incident.

hears.brings.firepower were the three words that directed our crews to the pony.

Two animal rescue swimmers waded into the water and used a head harness and long line to help the pony swim back to the edge where it was left in the care of a vet.

Firefighters were called to a deliberate fire in a bin chute at a block of flats in Southend earlier today.

Crews were called to Whittingham Avenue in Southend this afternoon to reports of a fire in an 11 floor block of flats.

On arrival, crews reported that a fire in a bin chute was affecting floors 5 to 10 and worked to extinguish the fire by 3:07pm.

Station Manager Scott Meetings said: “Crews acted quickly to contain and extinguish this fire and we implemented full high rise procedures as a precautionary measure.”