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8:44am Monday 20th July 2009 in
A blaze was started after a firework was thrown through the door of a Basildon home.
The sleeping family of five, in Sandon Close, were awoken by the sound of the firework going off at about 2am this morning.
A neighbour is believed to have called fire fighters, who managed to extinguish a small fire in the hallway of the home in a matter of minutes.
No one is thought to be injured.
Police are investigating the incident.
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