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Planter fire at sheltered housing complex

Local News by Nub News Reporter 7th Nov 2025  
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FIREFIGHTERS attended a blaze at a Corringham sheltered housing complex today (Friday, 7 November).

They were called to a planter alight in Freeman Court today at 5.26pm.

A crew from Corringham attended and extinguished the fire. They left the scene at 5.42pm.

The cause has been recorded as accidental.

     

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