Fire in bedroom
A MAN and a boy had to be treated by ambulance paramedics after breathing in smoke during a fire at their home.
Firefighters were called to the fire in an upstairs bedroom in Ventura Drive, Colchester at 6.23pm tonight, Friday May 9.
The fire was extinguished and the property cleared of smoke within 20 minutes.
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