Firefighters were tasked to tackle a garage fire in Westcliff this morning.
Crews from Leigh and Southend were called to Fairmead Avenue at about 6.50am.
On arrival crews found that two garages were 20 per cent alight and completely smoke logged.
Firefighters worked quickly to extinguish the fire by 7.20am.
The cause of the fire has been recorded as accidental and started as the result of an electrical fault with a pressure washer.
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