FIRE crews are battling a blaze after five tonnes of straw caught fire.
Firefighters from Colchester, Wivenhoe and Halstead were called to the scene, in Horkesley Hill, in Great Horkesley shortly after 3pm.
By 4.30pm, crews reported they were making "steady progress" and are making sure the fire does not re-start.
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