Five acres of fields were caught in a huge fire in Grays yesterday.
Firefighters were called to reports of the blaze in Long Lane yesterday at 4.15pm, to find five acres and several trees alight.
Three fire crews from Orsett, Grays, and Corringham attended the incident.
A Pinzgauer, an offroad vehicle used to tackle fires in difficult terrain, also attended the scene from Billericay at the request of the incident commander.
Firefighters were able to extinguish much of the fire using beaters and backpack sprayers, putting it out completely by 5.40pm.
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