The blaze. Picture by Echo reader Don Game
A FIRE has ripped through a home this morning in Alcotes, Pitsea.
The blaze broke out at around 9.45am today.
So far one home has been destroyed and the blaze also spread to a neighbouring property. Fire crews remain at the scene.
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