Pub customers went to the aid of a woman in a burning car.
The driver, thought to be local, pulled into the car park of the Rose Inn, in Burnham Road, Southminster, at lunchtime today.
Flames were coming out from under the dashboard and the driver managed to leave the Ford Focus before it completely caught alight.
No-one was hurt.
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