Around 300 chickens have died in a fire at a chicken shed in Tiptree.
Emergency services were contacted earlier this morning regarding the fire on Tudwick Road at a 20m by 80m shed housing hundreds of the birds.
Crews wearing breathing apparatus have managed to extinguish the fire using a hose jet but it is reported that up to 300 chickens have been killed in the blaze.
An investigation will now be carried out to establish the cause.