FIREFIGHTERS are tonight battling a blaze in a scrapyard.

An area of about ten metres squared is alight in the Hythe area of Colchester.

The alarm was raised just after 9pm.

Four crews - two from Colchester, one from Wivenhoe and another from Mersea - have been sent to the site in Haven Road.

They are having to use foam to tackle the flames because of the type of materials in the yard.

See tomorrow's Gazette for the full story.