Fire crews were called to battle a deliberate blaze in the stairwell of a building late last night.
The fire is understood to have broken out on the third floor of a tower block in Pantile Avenue, Southend, at about 10.30pm last night.
Two crews from Southend rushed to the scene.
On arrival firefighters reported that the fire was in a stairwell and extinguished it by 10.45pm.
The cause has been recorded as deliberate.
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