Firefighters have been working to extinguish a large fire on a ship in Tilbury Docks. 

Six crews were called to the scene at 5:43pm and on arrival reported that approximately 5,000 tonnes of scrap metal was alight on the ship. 

The fire was contained to the ship’s hold and firefighters have been working alongside the ship’s crew and site staff to remove the metal from the hold and extinguish the fire in sections. 

The fire has been extinguished and two crews will remain on scene to monitor hotspots and cool the scene. 

Firefighters are urging drivers to avoid driving through flooded roads after rescuing a woman from Buttsbury Wash this morning. 

Crews were called to Buttsbury Wash at 7:37am and on arrival reported that a car was stuck in the water with a woman inside. 

Firefighters rescued the woman by 8am. 

Firefighters are highlighting the importance of working smoke alarms after a family of three was rescued during a house fire in Leigh this morning. 

The family and neighbours were woken up by smoke alarms going off in the early hours of this morning. 

Firefighters were called to Marine Parade, Leigh at 2:33am to reports of a house fire and three people trapped inside the home.

On arrival, crews reported that the ground floor of a house was on fire with the first floor heavily smoke logged. 

Firefighters rescued a casualty after a car ended up in a ditch in Hullbridge.

Crews from Rayleigh Weir and Hawkwell attended Lower Road today at 4.47pm.

Firefighters stabilised the vehicle and rescued the casualty, leaving them in the care of the Ambulance Service at 5.25pm.