ARSON reports are being investigated by Essex Police at Tollesbury Marina.

Police and fire service were called at 3.20am on Monday May 16 to reports of a building on fire on Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury.

Two fire engines attended, with the fire crews wearing breathing apparatus, using a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire.

A spokesperson from Essex Fire and Rescue Service said: “Fire crews attended the blaze at Tollesbury Marina in the early hours of the morning, and managed to extinguish the fire by 5.03am. There was no one in the building and there were no serious injuries.”

Police are continuing enquiries into the investigation and are treating the fire as deliberately started.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Braintree CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.