Twenty firefighters taken to hospital after explosion in Essex

Twenty firefighters taken to hospital and three fire engines destroyed after fertiliser explosion causes huge blaze

Firefighters were faced with a ‘large and rapidly developing’ blaze

Twenty firefighters taken to hospital after explosion in Essex

Essex's chief fire officer praises crews' courage after a blaze spreads to a fertiliser store.

Twenty firefighters hospitalised after explosion sparked massive blaze that destroyed three fire engines at Essex industrial unit

More than 100 fire crew had responded to the fire, which followed an explosion heard across the county thought to have come from the unit, which housed fertiliser.

Three fire engines were destroyed in blaze and explosion in Essex – fire chief

At least 20 firefighters injured as 'enormous' explosion rocks Essex village and destroys three fire engines

At least 20 firefighters have been rushed to hospital after an enormous explosion in an Essex village yesterday. Three fire engines and two fire officer cars were also destroyed in the blaz...

At least 20 firefighters hospitalised & three fire engines destroyed in huge Essex inferno after massive explosion

AT LEAST 20 firefighters have been hospitalised and three fire engines destroyed in a fiery explosion that ripped through an industrial site. Fire crews battled through night after an enorm...