Twelve crews fight fire at industrial units

About 60 firefighters have been tackling a blaze affecting industrial units, vehicles and mobile homes.

The fire broke out shortly after 23:00 BST on Thursday in Woolmongers Lane in High Ongar.

At its height, 12 crews were sent, working with "a limited water supply to surround the fire", Essex Fire and Rescue Service said.

Station manager Scott Fretton said people living in the area should keep doors and windows closed, warning they might "hear some bangs coming from the scene as there are cylinders involved".

Fretton said: "Crews have worked really hard with a limited water supply to surround the fire and we're now in a position to start scaling this incident down.

"We'll scale it down to eight crews initially and we anticipate being here for several hours."

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