THREE fire crews attended a tumble dryer fire at a home in Leigh this afternoon.
Two crews from Southend and one from Leigh attended the fire at 4.50pm in Old Leigh Road.
Wearing breathing apparatus, the firefighters used one hose reel to extinguish the fire by 5.06pm.
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