Firefighters freed a woman from the scene of a road traffic collision in South Woodham last night.

Crews were called to a road traffic collision which happened on Inchbonnie Road at around 10:33pm.

On arrival, firefighters reported that two cars had been involved in a collision and a woman was trapped.

Crews used cutting equipment to release the woman by 10:51pm.

Fortunately, nobody was harmed.

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Update 26 October, 2pm:

Essex Police has confirmed that a woman sadly died at the scene. The statement reads:

We were called by colleagues in the fire service to a fire in a property off Radwinter Road, in Saffron Walden, shortly after 10.10am this morning, Friday 22 October. 

We attended to support fire service colleagues in dealing with the incident. 

Sadly, a woman aged in her 60s died at the scene. 

Firefighters rescued a man following a road traffic collision in Leigh.

Crews were called by police to Mountdale Gardens today at 2.15pm after a collision involving two vehicles.

Firefighters used specialist cutting equipment to free a man in his eighties who was trapped in one of the vehicles.

The man, who was conscious and breathing, was left in the care of the Ambulance Service at 2.46pm.

Crews stopped a garage fire in South Woodham Ferrers from spreading to nearby homes.

Firefighters were called to a property in Tighfield Walk today at 12.35pm when one of the occupants discovered the fire.

Watch Manager David Taylor said: "The occupant heard popping and banging and saw the double garage was on fire. She got everyone out of the house, stayed out and called 999 - which is exactly the right thing to do.

"The garage was close to two properties and crews worked really hard to stop it spreading - they did a brilliant job."

A woman was woken up by her smoke alarms after her tumble dryer caught fire.

Firefighters were called to a semi-detached house in Manor Road, Benfleet today at 6.48am.

A tumble dryer in the kitchen had caught fire and filled the house with smoke.

Crew Manager Sam Panzetta said: "Fortunately, the property had two working smoke alarms, one on each floor, which woke up the occupant.

"After realising what was happening, she did the right thing: she got out, stayed out and called 999.

Crews extinguished a bedroom fire after a neighbour heard a smoke alarm and called 999. 

Firefighters were called to reports of a fire in a semi-detached house in Wakefield Close, Colchester yesterday (Tuesday 28 September) at 8.58pm.

Two crews from Colchester attended and extinguished a fire in a first floor bedroom by 9.25pm. They also brought a cage containing two rats to safety, but two other rats died.

Watch Manager Luke Beardmore said: "Crews did a brilliant job; they worked really quickly to put out the fire and limit the damage.

Firefighters rescued two people following a road traffic collision involving two cars in Danbury. 

Crews from Great Baddow and Chelmsford attended Riffhams Lane today at 3.36pm.

They reported that a man and a woman were trapped, one in each car, and used cutting equipment to release them by 4.24pm. 

The casualties were left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

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Crews were called to a flat above a shop after reports of a fire. 

On arrival firefighters reported that there was a fire in the kitchen and worked well to contain it to the single room, avoiding it spreading to other parts of the flat or the shop below. 

Firefighters extinguished the fire by 8.58am and then stayed on to ensure the site was safe. 

The flat has suffered significant smoke damage throughout and the kitchen has been destroyed by the fire. 

Firefighters rescued a man who sustained injuries after falling onto scaffolding.

Crews from Grays, Rayleigh Weir and our Urban Search and Rescue team were called to Buxton Avenue, Leigh today at 1.32pm.

A man had fallen from a pitched roof onto some scaffolding and had suffered suspected back injuries.

Crews used an Aerial Ladder Platform and worked with the Ambulance Service's Hazardous Area Response Team to rescue the casualty by 2.31pm. They left him in the care of medics.

Working smoke alarms alerted a man to a fire in his kitchen during the early hours of this morning.

Firefighters were called to a flat fire in Rawreth Lane, Rayleigh at 2:19am.

On arrival, crews reported that the kitchen was heavily smoke logged after a pan had caught fire on the hob.

Crews extinguished the fire by 2:58am. The kitchen suffered some smoke damage.

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