A woman managed to escape after a fire started in her flat.
The blaze started in Old Road, Clacton, at 12.42am yesterday.
A spokesman for Clacton fire station said the woman had already got herself out of the flat by the time they arrived.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus went inside the building to fight the fire.
The spokesman said they were there for about an hour making sure her home was safe.
He said there was smoke damage to the flat
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