Horse dies after muck fire spreads to stables

Image source, ECFRS

Image caption, Fire crews managed to stop the flames spreading to a nearby field

A horse has died after the stables it was in caught fire.

Essex County Fire & Rescue Service was called to Mill Street, Harlow, at 17:19 BST on Thursday.

Crews found that flames had spread to the building after a nearby muck heap "self-combusted" in the hot weather.

"We managed to extinguish the fire quickly, preventing it from spreading to the nearby field," watch manager Brenden Cardy said.

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