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A fire on a fishing boat was extinguished on a Harwich beach last night.
Two crews from Dovercourt were sent to the incident on a beach off Wellington Road at 11.15pm.
Crews used two hose reels and had extinguished the fire by 11.35pm.
Essex Police are investigating the cause of the fire.
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