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House left uninhabitable after garden fire spreads

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service The side of a bricked-house which is blackened with smoke damage. There is charred debris on the ground spilling into an alleyway ading the property. Fence s have clearly burned through.Essex County Fire and Rescue Service
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said an investigation would establish the cause of the blaze

A house has been left uninhabitable following a garden fire which spread to the property's roof.

Three crews were called to the fire in the garden in Raphael Avenue in Tilbury, Essex, at about 15:40 BST.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said it at least managed to quickly contain the fire and stop it from spreading to a neighbouring property.

An investigation into the cause of the fire was under way.

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