Two fire engines were called to a kitchen fire in Braintree last night.
The fire broke out in the ground floor kitchen of the house in Albemarle Gardens just after 9pm.
It was extinguished by 9.20pm.
The house was filled with smoke and firefighters used a fan to clear it.
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