Firefighters were called to reports of a fire near to Fryatt Hospital in Harwich on Saturday night.

Control teams received several calls from members of the public who noticed the smoke.

Crews reported on arrival that the fire, which was burning in the grass area between the hospital premises and a residential road (Grange Road), was spreading quickly.

Crews are working hard to get the fire under control.

Update - 1.30am - The fire is now out.

Firefighters were called to a large field fire in East Mersea on Sunday afternoon.

On arrival, crews reported that the fire, which was affecting several hectares (or thousands of square metres) of standing crops, was spreading quickly.

The dry and windy conditions have caused the fire to spread across East Road and into a separate field - meaning crews are now working to contain the fire on several fronts.

The road will be closed for some time while firefighting continues. If you live or work nearby, please avoid the area.

Firefighters were called to reports of a field fire in Lindsell (near Dunmow) on Sunday afternoon.

Four fire crews are currently working hard to surround the fire and get it under control.

Update 5.30pm - The fire is now out and, thanks to the hard work of our firefighters and the support of a local farmer in creating firebreaks, only hotspots are remaining within the area.

Crews are using beaters to make sure the fire within the field is completely extinguished.

Firefighters were called to the scene of a large field fire in Sible Hedingham area on Sunday evening.

Due to the large amount of smoke, Control teams received several emergency calls to the incident from people who could see the fire from some distance away.

When firefighters arrived, the fire was spreading quickly.

6.45pm - Update - Crews have reported that this fire is affecting roughly 100 acres of corn and stubble.

The incident has been split into sectors, to allow firefighters to surround the fire as quickly as possible.

Firefighters were called to reports of a fire in Great Wakering on Sunday night.

On arrival, crews reported that a fire in a double garage had spread to an adjacent house.

Firefighters worked hard to get the fire under control by 10.30pm. One fire crew remained at the scene to dampen down hotspots.

The garage has been badly destroyed by the fire, while the house itself has suffered minor damage - mainly from the effects of smoke.

The cause of the fire is unknown, but we are not treating it as suspicious.

Firefighters quickly extinguished a grass fire in Norton Lane, High Ongar, this afternoon. 

Crews from Ongar and Chelmsford were called at 2.04pm and the fire was out by 2.40pm. They used hose reel jets and beaters to put out the fire which measured 50 metres by 50 metres.

The cause has been recorded as accidental.

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Two acres of woodland and undergrowth in Heybridge have been damaged following a fire this afternoon.

On-call firefighters from Maldon, Tiptree and Witham were called at 4.45pm and used hose reel jets and beaters to put the fire out. It was extinguished by 6.05pm with crews remaining at the scene to make sure it didn’t reignite.

Station Manager Nick Singleton said: “The crews did a really good job to stop this fire from spreading further.”

The cause of the fire has been recorded as deliberate.

Crews were called to a field fire in Romford Road, Stanford Rivers, Ongar at 8.06pm last night (Thursday).

20 metres by 20 metres of cut hay were alight. Firefighters extinguished the blaze using hose reel jets by 10.17pm.

It was attended by crews from Loughton, Epping and Harlow. The cause of the fire was accidental.

On-call firefighters from Braintree and Halstead quickly stopped a field fire in Convent Lane, Braintree, this afternoon.

Firefighters have been praised for their professionalism after tackling a fire in a scrapyard in High Ongar this evening.

Crews were called to the premises in Woolmongers Lane at 7.53pm and found two scenes of fire. 

Firefighters worked quickly to get a lot of water onto the fires to stop them from spreading. Two heavy goods vehicles, a car, a skip lorry and five tonnes of refuse were destroyed.

The fires were extinguished by 9.16pm. The cause is undetermined, either accidental or deliberate.

Firefighters have spent the afternoon at a barn fire in Maldon today.

Six crews were called to approximately 650 tonnes of hay on fire inside a barn.

Firefighters worked together to prevent the fire spreading to nearby barns and a large stack of straw bales.

Crews worked with the farmers who used machinery to move bales from the neighbouring barn to prevent the fire from spreading to it and destroying more product.

Due to the remote area and water supply, a Water Bowser from Corringham was needed.