SIX people, including three children, have been taken to hospital following a fire at a block of flats.

SIX people, including three children, have been taken to hospital following a fire at a block of flats.

All nine flats in the three-storey building in Langham Drive, Clacton, Essex, were evacuated after a fire was discovered in a stairwell today

An Essex Ambulance Service spokesman said 18 people were rescued and those taken to hospital included two adults and three children - aged five, three and 18 months - from the same family.

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