RESIDENTS in the Sandy Lane area of Aveley were advised to shut all windows and doors at their homes late last night (Monday, 26 October) as firefighters dealt with a lorry blaze.

The alert was raised just before midnight and two crews from Grays, and teams from Orsett and Corringham and a London brigade crew from Wennington tackled the blaze in a refrigerated lorry at the junction of Sandy Lane and the A1306 at Wennington.