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Clacton Airshow: Flights 'unaffected' after simulator catches fire

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The "small fire" was "brought quickly under control", a Tendring District Council spokesman said

Firefighters have tackled a blaze in a flight simulator at an airshow.

Essex Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to Clacton Airshow at 14:05 BST.

The simulator was evacuated and a cordon put in place. There were no injuries.

A spokesman for Tendring District Council, which runs the airshow, said the fire was brought "quickly under control" and all flights were "unaffected".

The attraction provides a variety of experiences including simulations of flights carried out by the Red Arrows.

"We have plans in place for such incidents including emergency services on site and it is a credit to all of the teams on site who acted so quickly," the council spokesman said.

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The fire service said crews were based at the airshow "in case of an emergency"
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Firefighters were dismantling the simulator to ensure all hotspots were "fully extinguished", the service said
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