Fire at house in Dunmow

A JOINT police and fire service investigation is being carried out into the cause of a fire at a house in Dunmow yesterday (Sunday February 19).

Fire crews were called to the blaze which broke out in a first floor bedroom at a home in Parsonage Downs at 4.09pm.

Firefighters from Dunmow and Leaden Roding, some wearing breathing gear, tackled the fire.

The ground floor of the property was heavily smoke logged when they arrived.

The fire was out by 5.15pm.

No one was injured during the incident.