Fire

A Bishop's Stortford fire crew attended a house on the Parsonage estate at 12.14am but on arrival the blaze was out.

A Stortford fire station crew used a wet vac to pump out the water at Rickmores Electrical Centre in Bridge Street.

Matthew Nash was returning home from a shopping trip when he saw smoke coming from the house in Chinnery Hill, Bishop's Stortford.

Stansted fire station welcomed visitors and Father Christmas to Friday's event, which raises money for a charity of the crew's choice.

The drill includes fire crews, police and ambulance service personnel from across the East of England, the British Red Cross and local authorities.

Police and fire service investigating cause of blaze in Braughing in which 16,000 tonnes of hay and straw burned.

Fire crews are expected to remain at the scene of the fire near Braughing for the next few days.

The village crew will welcome visitors to look round the station and ride in their fire engines at Saturday's open day.

London-bound carriageway between junctions 9 and 8 expected to remain closed for rest of Thursday (September 1).

A crew from Stansted fire and rescue station went to the aid of the stricken male fallow deer in Henham Road, Elsenham.

Kathy Daisley and her family were asleep in their Stortford home when they were woken at 3am by one-year-old cross breed Barney barking.

Although upset about the death of his pet Liam Cardiff questioned why someone would risk a firework setting light to fields in drought conditions.

Two fire engines from Bishop's Stortford and one from Sawbridgeworth attended the blaze behind The Coach and Horses in Thorley Street.

The cause of the blaze in Saffron Walden is currently undetermined and Essex Police is investigating with the county's fire and rescue service.

Karol Skoczylas, 35, of Royal Oak Gardens, was released on conditional bail to appear at St Albans Crown Court on August 22.

Brigade received "very high volume" of 999 calls and by 6.30pm crews had attended more than 240 emergency incidents – double the usual number.

The fast-moving fire spread amid changing wind conditions.

Emergency services were called to the Lower Street car park following concerns for a woman's safety.

Sawbridgeworth fire and rescue crew use hydraulic cutting equipment to release occupants trapped in Nissan Micra wreckage.

The event at Thorley Neighbourhood Centre on Thursday (10am-2pm) will include crime prevention, fire safety and first aid advice.