Embers from bonfire destroy yard

Firefighters were called to Beazley End, Wethersfield, early on Thursday morning

A yard has been destroyed after embers from a bonfire the night before were left unattended, a fire service has said.

Firefighters were called to the site in Beazley End, Wethersfield, Essex, at about 06:30 BST on Thursday after the landowner spotted the blaze.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said when firefighters arrived, a lorry trailer, motorbike and skip were all alight.

Darren Hockley, Wethersfield Fire Station's watch manager, said: "If you’re going to have a bonfire, please make sure it’s properly cooled before you leave it.

"It only takes a couple of hot embers to catch in the wind and catch alight to anything nearby."