AN investigation has been launched after a late-night bungalow blaze.
Firefighters were called out to the house fire in Sunbeam Avenue, Jaywick, at about 2.50am.
The six-metre by six-metre bungalow was 20% alight and completely smoke-logged when the Clacton crews reached it.
They managed to extinguish the flames by about 4.20am.
The fire service has launched an investigation into the cause of the blaze.
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