A SEMI-DETACHED home in Halstead was severly damaged by a fierce blaze tonight.

It broke out at 6.20pm at a property in Trinity Road measuring 10m by 6m, and firefighters said when they arrived the home was “100% alight”.

Fire chiefs called for back up, and two crews from Halstead attended.

The blaze was under control within half an hour and nobody was injured in the incident.