Three fire crews have put out a pile of waste that had been set on fire.
Five tonnes of rubbish, a row of bushes and undergrowth in Marshfoot Road, Chadwell St Mary, were all alight.
The fire started at 3.30pm and was extinguished by 5pm.
The fire has been recorded as deliberate.
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