BUSINESS premises were left smoke logged after an electrical heater caused a fire.
Crews from Basildon were called to the incident at Cardnet in Paycocke Road, Basildon, at around 7.15am this morning after security guards noticed the small blaze.
Station officer Paul Chipperfield said: “A small fan heater had overheated and had a small smouldering fire and that smoke logged the ground floor.
“The security staff had evacuated the building and when we got there we extinguished the fire and cleared the smoke.”
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