The cause of a caravan blaze in an Essex village this morning is being investigated, a fire service spokesman has said.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service was called to the blaze, which was in a disused scrapyard in Harwich Road, Thorpe-le-Soken, at 12.32am.

Two fire engines, one from Clacton and one from Weeley, attended the incident.

Firefighters, who were wearing breathing apparatus, used two hose reel jets to extinguish the blaze by 1.31am.