A huge blaze tore through an industrial park, destroying two warehouses and forcing residents indoors to avoid fumes.
At its height 100 firefighters tackled the fire, which started at about 6.10am on Sunday, July 15, 2007, at the Europa Way Industrial Estate, Harwich.
Here are a selection of pictures sent in by our readers - many thanks to David Johnson, Daveygravey69, Adrian Davies, Daniel Davis, Fern Jones, John Theobald, and M Fossey for sending video and pictures of the blaze.
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