TWO people had to be treated for the effects of smoke inhalation after a fire in a block of flats.
Four fire crews took more than an hour and a half to extinguish the blaze at Wood Road, Heybridge,this evening.
Two crews from Maldon, one from Witham and the aerial ladder platform from Chelmsford rushed to the three-storey flats at 8.40pm.
They donned breathing apparatus and used three hose reel jet and a main jet to tackle the fire, which was in a second-floor flat.
The fire was put out by 10.15pm but fire and flood damage has made the flats' inhabitants homeless.
Two men also needed treatment by the East of England Ambulance Service having suffered from smoke inhalation.
An investigation will be carried out to establish the cause of the fire.
