1,800 litre oil tank moments from catching fire in close-call incident
FIREFIGHTERS scrambled to prevent a 1,800 litre heating oil tank from catching fire during an early morning incident.
Three crews attended East Road, in East Mersea, just after midnight after the residents were woken up by their smoke alarms.
On arrival, crews reported a two-storey timber framed house was on fire and heavily smoke logged.
The fire was starting to spread to a 1,800 litre heating oil tank and firefighters worked to prevent it from spreading further.
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Crews extinguished the fire shortly before 2am and an investigation into its cause will take place today.
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