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Crews tackle warehouse blaze in early hours

News imageEssex Fire and Rescue Service Orange flames coming off a warehouse on fire in Stour Road in Harwich. A plume of smoke is coming from the building and spreading into the sky.Essex Fire and Rescue Service
The warehouse has a faded Mercedes-Benz logo on its side

More than 30 firefighters have been sent to a warehouse that has been burning throughout the early hours of the morning.

Essex County Fire & Rescue Service was called to Stour Road in Harwich at about 03:36 BST with about seven crews were in attendance.

As a lot of smoke was coming from the building and people living nearby were being advised to keep their windows and doors shut.

On social media, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service said it had also been receiving multiple calls from concerned people in the Ipswich and Felixstowe area, on the other side of the River Orwell estuary, but it reiterated the smoke was coming from Harwich.

News imageEssex Fire and Rescue Service A warehouse on fire in Harwich. The fire service responded to the incident in the early hours of the morning therefore the picture has been taken in the dark, however, the warehouse is lit up by flames. A plume of smoke coming off the building is stretching into the sky. Where there are flames on the right hand side of the building in the picture, the roof has started to warp.Essex Fire and Rescue Service
Smoke from the incident could be seen from Ipswich and Felixstowe

The fire service said there has been no need to evacuate properties in Harwich as smoke was rising straight up.

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