FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire in the bedroom of a ground floor flat.

Two crews from Grays and one crew from Orsett attended the fire at the property in Eden Green, South Ockendon at 1.18am today.

When crews arrived they reported the flat was completely full of smoke and the bedroom was on fire.

Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire and managed to stop it spreading to any other room in the flat. Crews left the scene at 2am.

The bedroom has been completely destroyed by the fire, and the rest of the flat has been left badly smoke damaged.

The fire did not affect any other flat.

An investigation will be carried out to establish the cause of the fire.