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A house fire in Silver End has been extinguished by firefighters.
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service attended the fire, in Bristol Court at 2.23pm.
Two crews from Witham attended, with firefighters in breathing apparatus using two hose reel jets and one main jet to extinguish the fire by 3.32pm.
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