FIRE-FIGHTERS are battling a blaze at a field in Billericay.
At 1.02pm three local Essex County Fire and Rescue Service crews and one from Basildon went to the scene in Ramsden Park Road, Ramsden Bellhouse.
The field contains cut hay and the fire is affecting 200 metres by 400 metres of field, scrub and hedge.
Crews are tackling the fire using two hose reel jets, beaters and water backpacks.