Twenty fire engines and around 180 firefighters after battling a blaze that is heading towards to the M25 motorway

Twenty fire engines and around 180 firefighters are tackling a grass fire on Pea Lane in Upminster.

Around three hectares of a cornfield and some scrubland is alight and smoke is blowing over the M25.

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