An elderly woman was treated for smoke inhalation after a house fire in Wivenhoe.
The blaze broke out at the woman's Heath Road home at 7pm today.
She was given oxygen at the scene but did not require hospital treatment.
It is believed the fire was caused by an electrical fault.
For more on this story see Monday's Gazette.
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