A FAMILY have been made homeless after a fire broke out in a caravan.

Crews were called to Thorney Bay Caravan Park on Canvey at 7.40am yesterday morning. Firefighters donned breathing apparatus and used two hoses to tackle the blaze.

The family inside the caravan had managed to clamber out through a window as the route to the door was blocked by the flames.

Smoke billowed out of the windows and the crews managed to extinguish the blaze by 8am. An investigation has been launched to find out how it started.

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