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Fire crews tackle blaze at agricultural building

News imageECFRS A large silver building with widespread fire damage. The upper sections of the exterior walls have been blackened by smoke. The wide entrance is open, revealing a charred interior. Fire hoses lie across the wet ground leading inside, where two firefighters are working.ECFRS
Firefighters have been removing stacks of timber from inside the building

Firefighters urged people to stay away from a large blaze at an agricultural building.

A "significant amount of smoke" surrounded the area in Colchester Road, Peldon, on Tuesday, according to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service.

The service sent four crews to the scene and advised residents nearby to keep their windows and doors closed.

In an update at 13:15 GMT, it said the fire had been brought under control.

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