Glass ornament starts fire in garden
A GLASS ornament caused a fire in someone's garden.
Two fire crews were sent to Wheatley Avenue in Braintree just after 5pm this afternoon.
The fence and decking was alight in the garden.
A spokesman for the fire service said: "When crews arrived they reported the fire had spread to the exterior of the house and the house was full of smoke.
"Firefighters managed to quickly extinguish the fire by 5:35pm.
"Crews then cleared the house of smoke.
"The fire is thought to have started by direct sunlight reflecting of a glass ornament in the garden."
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