Emergency services are tackling a fire in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Crews from at least six fire stations are battling the blaze, which was first reported near the Essex County Bowling Club on Imperial Avenue shortly after 12pm.
A spokesperson for the county's fire and rescue service said firefighters had been called to "a fire in the roof of a four-storey block of flats". Imperial Avenue is home to a number of retirement communities and affluent residential homes.
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