Firefighters were called to a car fire that then spread to an adjacent property.
Officers were called to the scene at 1.30am this morning and wore breathing apparatus and used two hose reels to extinguish the fire by 02:25hrs.
An investigation with Essex Police will be carried out to establish the cause of the fire.
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