FIREFIGHTERS are tackling a bungalow blaze in Bradwell.
Everyone has been accounted for from the semi-detached home in East End Road.
Crews wearing breathing apparatus from Burnham and South Woodham Ferrers are using three hose reels in a bid fight the fire.
Incident commander Assistant Divisional Officer Dave Moore said the whole of the property was well alight but gas cylinders inside the property, which might have hindered operations, have been made safe.
A joint fire and police investigation will begin once the fire has been extinguished.
The fire is ongoing.
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