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Remembrance Sunday parade re-routed due to fire

News imageEssex Fire and Rescue Service Fire crews and an engine on a street in Clacton-on-Sea. Smoke is coming from a building and fire officers are looking and pointing at the building, which is in street full of shops.Essex Fire and Rescue Service
A Remembrance parade was diverted in Clacton-on-Sea due to a fire

A Remembrance Sunday parade route had to be diverted due to a fire at two town centre flats.

Essex Fire and Rescue Service was called to the fire in two unoccupied homes above a derelict shop on Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, at about 08:23 GMT.

No-one had been hurt, the service said.

It added that a "slight diversion" was put in place for the parade, which ended at the town hall.

News imageEssex Fire and Rescue Service Burnt out shop front with smoke coming from two upper storey windows. Essex Fire and Rescue Service
The fire has affected a shop under reconstruction and two flats above, the fire service said

Two further flats and the Sports Direct store adjacent to the fire were also damaged by smoke.

Station manager Nick Singleton said: "I must praise crews who did a fantastic job of getting the fire under control so quickly and preventing it from spreading.

"We had to close a section of Station Road and unfortunately this was on the route of Clacton's Remembrance Sunday parade."

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