A fire broke out in the bedroom of a Stanway house.
The blaze, measuring five by four metres, started in a bedroom at a house in Peace Road at 6.10pm on Sunday.
Firefighters from Colchester Fire Station were called to the scene.
They extinguished the flames within 20 minutes.
For more details see Monday's Gazette.
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