ESSEX Firefighters were called to a field fire in Arun, East Tilbury. The area of field alight was approximately 200m.

4:45pm – Crews are using back-pack sprayers and beaters to extinguish the fire.

This incident is on-going. More details will be added shortly.

Firefighters managed to extguish the fire by 5:15pm. The cause of the fire has been recorded at deliberate.