A SMOKE alarm helped to prevent a caravan fire from spreading to nearby homes.
Fire crews were called to Peartree Close in Braintree at about 10.50am on Monday when smoke started pouring from a caravan parked on a driveway.
Steve Wintrip, station officer at Braintree Fire Station, said: “The incident was relatively small due to the homeowner hearing the smoke alarm activating in the caravan which was on their driveway.
“Two crews from Braintree attended with two fire-fighters wearing breathing apparatus entering the caravan to extinguish the small fire involving a fridge.
“The most important aspect from our perspective is that the working smoke alarm alerted the owners to the fire which enabled a quick incident resolution.
“With the winds today and the close proximity of the caravan to a car and their house the incident could have escalated to a more serious one.”
The resident, who asked not to be named, said she hoped it would encourage other caravan owners to have alarms fitted.
She said: “I would never have known if it hadn’t have been for the fire alarm going off.
“They do save lives.”
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