A small kitchen fire has left the ground floor of house smoke logged.
Two fire engines from Braintree attended the semi-detached house in Vernon Walk, Braintree, at 8.30pm last night.
The fire was extinguished by 9pm.
There are no reports of anyone being injured.
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