Residents of flats in a three storey building were evacuated last night after a fire in Braintree.

Firefighters were called to the scene in Rayne Road at 6.57pm and extinguished the fire using one hose jet reel and one main jet.

Two Braintree fire crews attended and they used a thermal imaging camera to check for hot spots. 

The fire was extinguished by 7.35pm.