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Firefighters tackle derelict warehouse blaze

Martin Giles/BBC Two fire engines are outside the derelict building, one has an aerial ladder platform. There are four firefighters in protective clothing walking past one of the fire engines towards the building.Martin Giles/BBC
Four crews from north Essex responded to the fire at the warehouse

Firefighters have been tackling a blaze at a derelict two-storey warehouse in Colchester.

Crews had been told there "may be people" in the building when they were called to Hythe Station Road at 11:38 GMT, but the ambulance service was later told no-one was inside.

Firefighters used an aerial ladder platform.

The service later said it had conducted a full search of the building and were extinguishing hot spots.

The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust said it did not treat any patients at the scene.

Martin Giles/BBC Two firefighters on an aerial ladder platform putting out the fire. There is smoke coming out of the top of the building.Martin Giles/BBC
The firefighters responded to the fire in Colchester at 11:38 GMT

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