FIREFIGHTERS were called to a smoke-filled flat in the early hours of Monday morning.
Crews from Colchester and West Mersea were called to John Bird Court, in Catchpool Road, at around 2.30am.
They found a ground floor flat filled with smoke, and spent 50 minutes dealing with the damage.
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