Bucket of water puts out flat fire in Southend

Firefighters used a bucket of water to extinguish a fire in a flat in Southend.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, crews from Southend and Leigh fire stations were called out to the apartment in York Road to reports of a small fire.

The crews were able to put the flames out with the bucket of water by 3.40am before blowing out smoke from the building using a fan.

The cause of the blaze is unknown and is being investigated by both Essex Fire and Police.

Comments(27)

APR says...
10:17am Tue 19 Jun 12

Wow !

bazaarhorse says...
10:22am Tue 19 Jun 12

O.M.Goodness are you people for real ?

DCLEIGH says...
10:25am Tue 19 Jun 12

Just how big was this bucket ?.
Are Essex fireman being trained in this technique ?.
Should all new houses be fitted with a bucket ?.
Are bucket profiteers behind the latest spate of arson attacks ?.
Are fake buckets and fans from Eastern Europe expected to flood the shops putting lives at risk ?.
Are Gypsies offering buckets to vulnerable pensioners ?.
Should the victims be deported ?.
Are they scum?
Will your MP be raising this issue with the PM ?.
What about councillors...why are they in hiding over this affair ?.

DCLEIGH says...
10:26am Tue 19 Jun 12

WE NEED TO KNOW !!!!

Mr. Pedantic says...
10:31am Tue 19 Jun 12

"Are fake buckets and fans from Eastern Europe expected to flood the shops putting lives at risk ?."
At least the shops won't catch fire if they're flooded.

bazaarhorse says...
10:33am Tue 19 Jun 12

DCLEIGH wrote:
Just how big was this bucket ?.
Are Essex fireman being trained in this technique ?.
Should all new houses be fitted with a bucket ?.
Are bucket profiteers behind the latest spate of arson attacks ?.
Are fake buckets and fans from Eastern Europe expected to flood the shops putting lives at risk ?.
Are Gypsies offering buckets to vulnerable pensioners ?.
Should the victims be deported ?.
Are they scum?
Will your MP be raising this issue with the PM ?.
What about councillors...why are they in hiding over this affair ?.
I saw a fake bucket in a boot sale just the other day.

The Cater Wood Creeper says...
10:36am Tue 19 Jun 12

lucky the occupiers weren't still hoarding petrol in a bucket as recommended by MPs a while back, isn't it?

DCLEIGH says...
10:47am Tue 19 Jun 12

It's started....the hoarding and panic buying has begun.

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andy:) says...
10:54am Tue 19 Jun 12

Are buckets being removed from fire engines in case there is a future strike :) ?

perini says...
12:03pm Tue 19 Jun 12

Whatever next?

Max 269 says...
12:13pm Tue 19 Jun 12

Tomorrows head lines

“Fire fighters use buckets to fetch water from the estuary are hampered by the share space and ask for a crossing.”

Oh we're going to says...
12:15pm Tue 19 Jun 12

My wife has a bucket :-/

DCLEIGH says...
2:22pm Tue 19 Jun 12

Oh we're going to wrote:
My wife has a bucket :-/
She tells me you have a small hose !

naughtyladyofshadylane says...
6:03pm Tue 19 Jun 12

oh some of these are so funny! give us all a laugh eh? :0)

naughtyladyofshadylane says...
6:05pm Tue 19 Jun 12

Of course peeps, why did i not think of it jus now, there is a hosepipe ban !!

lost_scotsman says...
6:14pm Tue 19 Jun 12

I love how in the first lines it was a small fire. Then at the end it was a blaze!!! I doubt youd put out a blaze with a bucket of water.

naughtyladyofshadylane says...
7:10pm Tue 19 Jun 12

big oak trees from little acorns grow !! :0)

DCLEIGH says...
6:27am Wed 20 Jun 12

I think your talking nuts !

naughtyladyofshadylane says...
9:02am Wed 20 Jun 12

you too mate!!

DCLEIGH says...
10:12am Wed 20 Jun 12

No...Nuts...Acorns..
.geddit !?!

naughtyladyofshadylane says...
10:25am Wed 20 Jun 12

yes !!!!!!!!!!! i sed you 2 mate (meaning you were as well!!!!!!!!!-geddit
"!?!"

Alekhine says...
12:27pm Thu 21 Jun 12

DCLEIGH wrote:
No...Nuts...Acorns.. .geddit !?!
Well that joke was an epic fail. Way too subtle.

naughtyladyofshadylane says...
12:49pm Thu 21 Jun 12

Ha ha x

theblackkeys says...
3:21pm Thu 21 Jun 12

Hahaha 'are they scum?' thats the best one! :D

naughtyladyofshadylane says...
6:53pm Thu 21 Jun 12

dunno about your comment but mine was to alekhine!

mcnasty says...
7:24pm Thu 21 Jun 12

Why all this fuss over a storm in a bucket sized teacup ?

Skymaster says...
9:28pm Sat 23 Jun 12

Well, at least nobody kicked the bucket!

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