FIREFIGHTERS were called to tackle an electrical fire at a workshop in High Road, Swilland, today.A crew from Princes Street and Colchester Road attended the incident at 2.45pm.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to tackle an electrical fire at a workshop in High Road, Swilland, today.

A crew from Princes Street and Colchester Road attended the incident at 2.45pm and isolated the power, which had caused the roof and the walls in the single storey building to become live.

Representatives from EDF Energy attended the scene and isolated the external power and engineers were also called to repair the lines.