Firefighters were called to a large fire involving piles of tyres and an outbuilding.
The incident happened in Southend Road, Fobbing at 2.24am this morning.
When fire crews arrived they found a number of tyres covering an area of approximately 20m by 20m were alight and an outbuilding was also involved in the fire.
At 3:30am the fire was surrounded and crews were making good progress tackling the fire.
The fire was extinguished at 5:30am. Firefighters left the scene and will return in a few hours to check for hot spots.
It is not known how the fire started.
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